Chapter 61: We need to make some decisions

I am now 70 years old. Time is running out for your motorcycle designer. I need your help to make some decisions.

Which of the following projects do you want - if any?

The Vetter Streamliner Kit that allows your bike to get 100 mpg

My ALCAN Fairing kit which is a modern Windjammer

My book (s) featuring stories of motorcycle design

The five major fiberglass parts are needed to build your own streamliner

I have spent the past 5 years developing the Last Vetter Fairing. I know what to do for best mileage, comfort and desirability and this is it. It is time for you to decide if you want one. It is time for me to decide whether or not to produce kits. The molds don't exist yet. If enough of you are interested in buying this kit, I will spend the winter finishing the molds. The shape is for a 24" wide streamliner. The length is variable.

Can you make a better one? I doubt it. I began work on this at the end of 2007. Read all 60 Chapters of its development.

Can you do it for less? I doubt it. The price will be around $2000 plus shipping... maybe another $250.

I don't want your money now.

I just need to know if you are likely to buy this kit.

The Last Vetter Fairing
This is the best fairing I have ever designed. It makes the most comfortable bike I have ever ridden. It carries the biggest load. It burns the least fuel. I have one on my Honda Helix which gets 80-90 mpg in real 70 mph riding. Alan Smith has one on his 250 Ninja which gets closer to 100 mpg.

If you want a Streamliner Kit, please let me know. If enough are interested, I will make the parts for you. If not, I will cease further development. This is the last fairing I will design.

Next in line for my attention is the Alcan Fairing Kit. Its parts would be similar to those of the Streamliner, above. Finished, it would be a modern, Windjammer-like fairing, but scaled up to fit the much larger motorcycles of today. The Windjammer won't fit today's giant bikes. The ALCAN will.

Last, and probably my most important responsibility is to finish writing my book.

ALCAN: The "Next to the Last Vetter Fairing
I would like to finish all these projects.

Which one would you want?

Let me know by Christmas, 2012

Contact me

Thanks

Page posted Nov 30, 2012

Designing the Last Vetter Fairing

Previous Chapters: 1 thru 39 (2007-2010)

If you have not yet watched my DVD, How they Got 470 mpg it is time to get it for the basic foundation for what we are doing here

Chapter 52: Shaping the nose in Designers' Clay

Jan 12, 2012

Chapter 53: Building the Nose and Turret Top Windshield

Jan 27, 2012

Chapter 54: Fitting the fiberglass nose

Feb 10, 2012

Chapter 55: Finishing the windshield

Feb 25, 2012

Chapter 56: Ninja is going together

Mar. 4, 2012

Chapter 57: Streamlined noses on the Ninja 250 and Helix

Mar 24, 2012

Chapter 58: Further streamlining on the Ninja and Helix

April 8, 2012

Chapter 59: Mounting the nose on the Helix

April 21, 2012

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Features the famous Challenge symbol and our phrase:

"Racing for the Right Reasons"

Chapter 60: The Vetter Challenge at the Quail

May 9, 2012

Chapter 61: The Streamliner Kit

Dec.1, 2012

Chapter 62

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Chapter 63

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