Dates sold: Mar 21, 1969 thru Sep, 1971
Bikes fit: Suz 500, BSA/Tri triples, Kaw 500
Number made: Approx. 400
Retail price range: Retail $174 (‘69)
First seen: Aug. 1969 Cycle Guide
Notes:
 Fibreglass, black or white, Hand scratched in serial # under foam tape right side from front
Series 1600 Phantom 3 statistics
When the Triple BSA and Triumph came out in 1968, I was happy because now I had a reason put air scoops into my fairings. The Series 1600 was essentially a Series 1500 with scoops. The very first Series 1600 fairings fit the BSA / Triumph. I sent the first one to Rod Coates, Service manager of Triumph and he rode it to Daytona.
I always liked airscoops. Airplanes had them.

I drew this in 1969 to show the gull windshield of my new Phantom Fairing alongside the gull winged Corsair airplane
Rod Coates' Trident with the first Series 1600 fairing at Daytona, March 1969
3-M Scotchlite was being endorsed by the AMA as a safety reflective material. Looked good to me. I thought it was pretty too so I put Gold Scotchlite stripes on production Series 1600 Phantom. It glows when headlights shine on it. Then I put it on the Vetter-BSA I was designing. Scochlite is still the basis for highway signs.
This original Series 1600 Vetter Phantom Fairing is now at the AMA's Motorcycle Heritage Museum, Pickerington, Ohio

www.motorcyclemuseum.org
Updated Mar 3, 2006
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