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Every Vetter Fairing Designed
1966 to present
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| Are you a Vetter fan? A collector? Have you spotted an obscure Vetter design on EBAY and want to know how many were made and when? The last Vetter fairing was made almost 20 years ago in 1983! The following data is from my archives: |
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Dates made |
Bikes fit: |
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Number made (approx) |
| Series 1000 |
Dec. 1966 thru Dec. 1970 |
Japanese 250-305s |
$100 to $129.50 |
300 |
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Dates made |
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Number made (approx) |
| Series 800 |
Feb. 1967 thru Oct. 1969 |
Japanese 160-200s |
$89.50 to $129.50 |
100 |
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| Series 2000 |
Mar. 1968 thru Feb. 1969 |
BMWR Series |
$159 |
20 |
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| Series 500 Phantom / 2 |
Oct. 1968 thru Sep. 1971 |
Japanese 350-450s |
$78 |
100 |
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| Series 1500 Phantom 2 |
Oct. 1968 thru Sep. 1971 |
350-650s |
$89.50 to $129.50 |
100 |
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See an original Phantom on a contemporary Harley |
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| Series 2500 |
Feb. 1969 thru Sep. 1971 |
BMW R series |
$169 |
100 |
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| Series 1600 Phantom 3 |
Mar. 1969 thru Sep. 1971 |
Kaw 500 triple, Suzuki 500, Tri - BSA triples |
$174 |
400 |
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| Series 1700 Phantom 4 |
Oct. 1969 thru Sep. 1971 |
Honda 750 only |
$187 to $194 |
650 |
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| Series 600 Phantom/2 |
Jul. 1970 thru Sep. 1971 |
250-350s |
$96 |
200 |
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End of the Phantoms and beginning of Windjammers |
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I spent the winter of 1970 developing one fairing design that would fit all motorcycles and named it the Windjammer. When the Windjammer was introduced, nobody wanted the above fairings and production ceased of them. Over the next eight years, some 250,000 Windjammers would be produced in six variations. |
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Dates made |
Bikes fit: |
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Number made (approx) |
| Windjammer |
June 1971 thru Oct. 1973 |
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$150 to $187 |
10,000 |
| Ser. #1000 lowest known: Ser. #53000 highest known
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6 prong wiring plugs. First Windjammers had no metal ser# plates, just numbers scratched into fibreglass |
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| NEW! How the Windjammer was designed the never before told story |
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| A note about serial numbers: I wanted to be able to identify my fairings with serial numbers but I did not want anyone else to be able to figure out how many I was making. The first Windjammer began with #1000 but there were big chunks of numbers that were never printed. None of the fairings after that first Windjammer began at any kind of recognizable beginning for that same reason. This may seem odd, but at least twenty other companies made copies of my designs. Had they known how many I was making, there would have been hundreds! |
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Dates made |
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Number made (approx) |
| Windjammer 2 |
Oct. 1973 thru May 1974 |
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$193 to $199 |
25,000 |
| Ser. #221798 lowest known* |
9 wire plugs; Silver & black serial plates |
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*On a 1971 Norton Commando owned by jacksavidge@yahoo.com |
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Number made (approx) |
| Harley-Davidson Liberator |
Fall 1974 to Fall 1976 |
all 74s
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$349 |
1,000 |
| Lowest ser # known L2602 Highest known L3538 |
Tooling destroyed Feb 1977 fire |
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L2602 Paul Ezzo |
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Dates made |
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Number made (approx) |
| Windjammer 3 |
Spring 1974 thru Mar 1977 |
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$210 |
75,000 |
| Ser. # 72040 lowest known number; Ser. # 09-138390 highest known . Lowers began with #13- |
Blue & black serial number plates |
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| Blue Max Windjammer |
Jan. 1975 |
Slash 5 series BMW |
$?
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50 |
| Beautiful dark blue paint with double line white pinstriping. |
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| Hondaline |
1975-76 |
Honda 750 & GL100 |
N/A |
50 |
| The tooling was destroyed in Jan 1977 fire |
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The only known one in existence is at the AMA's Hall of Fame Museum, Pickerington, Ohio |
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Dates made |
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Number made (approx) |
| Windjammer SS |
Mar. 1977 to 1979? |
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$294
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150,000 or more |
| Lowest Ser. #24-200521
Highest #24-262016
Same fairing called Windjammer 4 in 1979.
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9 pin wiring; silver & black plate |
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Used windshield clips beginning 9-77 |
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| Floating Mount Saddlebags #29-76611
TailTrunk #36-250013
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May 1978 thru1982? |
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$299 bags; $175 trunk |
many thousands of sets... maybe 100,000 |
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Dates made |
Bikes fit: |
Price: |
Number made (approx) |
| Vindicator |
1978 thru 1982? |
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$? |
probably less than 25,000 |
| Ser #39- |
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Vindicators used the bike's turnsignals |
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Dates made |
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Number made (approx) |
| Kawasaki |
1978-9 |
Big Kawasaki bikes
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Probably less than 5,000 |
| We rebadged Vetter Components for Kawasaki who designed and supplied their own graphics. The lowest Kawasaki Ser known: K32-110444 Highest K32-122743* |
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*K32-122743 belongs to Ron Nichols |
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More examples |
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November, 6, 1978, I sold Vetter Corporation. They were not to use my design logo after a certain date.
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Dates made |
Bikes fit: |
Price: |
Number made (approx) |
| Windjammer 4; same as SS |
Mar. 1979 to 1981 |
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$??
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| Lowest Ser # 37-440102 |
Yellow serial plates; some also began with #24. |
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| Highest: # 37-557788 |
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* 37-440102 has a black and silver serial plate with the Vetter Design logo. both fairings owned by Nate Salhus,Mn (Feb 2009) |
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Dates made |
Bikes fit: |
Price: |
Number made (approx) |
| Quicksilver |
1979 to ? |
Mid size
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Probably less than 10,000 |
| No serial numbers |
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| Mystery Ship |
1980
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| Numbered 1 thru 10 on the number plate |
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$10,000 base |
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| #1 in AMA Hall of Fame Museum, Ohio |
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Number made (approx) |
| Windjammer 5*, masked nose, different, angular lowers |
1981 to 1985 |
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$?
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| Orange lettering on serial plate; Lowest known #63-113731 owned by Mark Allen Lindemood
Highest #63-153824 on Fred Bauer's Honda CX500
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*Only special Lowers fit the Windjammer 5. I suggest you stay away from this fairing if you will want Lowers. |
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Jan 31, 1983: Vetter Corporation bankrupted; Assets go to Bell; All fairing production seemed to have been stopped by 1985.
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Dates made |
Bikes fit: |
Price: |
Number made (approx) |
| Bullet |
1985 |
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Probably less than 2000 |
| This is the only design I did for Bell before they ceased making fairings. Lowest Ser.#60-05182 Highest # 60-06982 |
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Number made (approx) |
| Winged Wheels of America |
1997 |
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$1300 |
Less than 50 |
| Company ceased operation when one of the owners sold his business and retired* |
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*Occasionally you see the center aluminum castings for this fairing, which were scrapped, show up on EBAY. Very strange. |
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