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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 delivered in 1988! The following data is from my archives:
1966: The First Vetter Fairing
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| Series 1000 |
Dec. 1966 thru Dec. 1970 |
Japanese 250-305s |
$100 to $129.50 |
300 |
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See: "Anniversary of the First Vetter Fairing" |
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| 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 |
25 |
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First Series 2000 sold Mar 9, 1968 |
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| Series 500 Phantom / 2 |
Jan. 1968 thru Sep. 1971 |
Japanese 350-450s |
$78 |
100 |
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First Series 500 sold Jan 14, 1968 |
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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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First Series 1500 sold Oct 15, 1968 |
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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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First Series 2500 sold Feb 28, 1969 |
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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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First Series 1600 sold Feb 28, 1969. See the first Series 1600 on Rod Coates' Trident |
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| Series 1700 Phantom 4 |
Sep. 1969 thru Sep. 1971 |
Honda 750 only |
$187 to $194 |
650 |
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First Series 1700 sold Sep 11, 1969, right after I finished designing the Vetter Rocket 3 (which became the Triumph Hurricane of 1973) |
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| Series 600 Phantom/2 |
Jul. 1970 thru Sep. 1971 |
250-350s |
$96 |
200 |
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1971: End of the Phantoms and beginning of Windjammers
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I spent the winter of 1970-71 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. Over the next eight years, over 400,000 Windjammers would be produced in six variations. |
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| Windjammer |
June 1971 thru Oct. 1973 |
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$150 to $187 |
9,000 |
| Lowest known Ser. #1000; Highest known Ser. #9103
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6 prong wiring plugs. First Windjammers had no metal serial # plates, just numbers scratched into fibreglass |
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#9103 owned by Matt LeBlanc, Canada |
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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. 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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| Windjammer 2 |
Oct. 1973 thru May 1974 |
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$193 to $199 |
25,000 |
| lowest known Ser: #21798 * highest known: #43986 |
9 wire plugs; Silver & black serial plates |
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*On a 1971 Norton Commando owned by jacksavidge@yahoo.com #40992 in Vetter Collection, 2009 |
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| Harley-Davidson Liberator |
Fall 1974 to Spring 1977 |
all 74s
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$349 |
5,000 |
| Lowest ser # known L1062 Highest known L5040 |
Tooling destroyed Feb 1977 fire |
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L1062 is owned by Vetter and is avaiable |
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| Windjammer 3 |
Spring 1974 thru Mar 1977 |
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$210 |
75,000 |
| Ser. # 72040 lowest known number before 09 labeling;
Lowest 09 numbering: 09-10286 Highest: 09-136005
Lowers first shipped March, 1975
Lowers Lowest: 13-13969; Highest: 13-99897
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Blue & black serial number plate |
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Charles Bonnet has #09-96129 and $13-969, Rich Ponce has #09-136005
Robert Ochsner has fairing # 09-142571 and lowers #13-99897
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| Blue Max Windjammer |
Jan.-Jul 1975 |
Slash 5 series BMW |
$345 loaded
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50 approx |
| Beautiful dark blue paint with double line white pinstriping. |
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| Hondaline |
1974-77 |
Honda 750 & GL1000 |
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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This was not my design. We agreed to manufacture it for Honda. Read the story |
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| Windjammer SS |
Mar. 1977 thru 1979 |
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$294
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200,000 or more |
| Lowest Ser. #24-200459
Highest #24-279732
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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24-200459 owned by Steve Anderson 24-279732 owned by Nick Gatel
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| Floating Mount Saddlebags Lowest #29-31654 Highest #29-767611
TailTrunk Lowest # 36-200002, Highest #36-250013
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May 1978 thru 1982 |
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$299 bags; $175 trunk |
Many thousands of sets... maybe 100,000 |
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Harvey Knesek, our biggest dealer in Illinois has what he believes to be the first production saddlebags: #29-31654. See Jean-Claude Hirtz' ser # 29-76611 Floating Mount Bags
Harvey also has the first TailTrunk: #36-200002. Looks like Harvey wins!
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| Vindicator |
1978 thru 1987 |
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$429* |
probably less than 25,000 |
| 1978 Ser #31-605461 only number known |
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9 pin, silver and black serial number plates |
| 1979-up Ser #39-559259 only number known |
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Vindicators used the bike's turnsignals on special brackets |
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* $429 is price as advertised by Sears and Roebuck 1986-7
Vindicator #39-559259 in Vetter Collection, 2009
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| Kawasaki |
1977-1981 |
Big Kawasaki bikes
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15,000 |
| We rebadged Vetter components for Kawasaki who designed and supplied their own graphics. The lowest Kawasaki Ser known: K32-107382* Highest K32-126011 has Leading Edge Lights |
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More Vetter - Kawasaki examples |
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| *K32-107382 is on Anniversary Kawasaki 26 of 200 |
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| K32-108052 seen on EBAY 2009; featured Type 4 hardware |
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| Windjammer 4; same as SS |
Mar. 1979 to 1981 |
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$??
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150,000
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| Lowest Ser # 37-1982281 |
Yellow serial plates; some also began with #24. |
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| Highest: # 37-561328 |
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* 37-1982281 is owne by Darral McClain of North Carolina. 37-440102 has a black and silver serial plate with the Vetter Design logo. Owned by Nate Salhus,Mn (Feb 2009)
37-561328 is owned by Shawn Kitchen
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| Quicksilver |
1979 to 1988 |
Mid size
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40,000
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| Lowest Ser known #12-00744 highest 12-065300 |
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| Mystery Ship |
1980
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10
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| Numbered 1 thru 10 on the number plate |
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$10,000 base |
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| #1 in AMA Hall of Fame Museum, Ohio |
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| Windjammer 5*, masked nose, flat bottom, different, angular Lowers |
1981 to 1988 |
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$?
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75,000
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| Orange lettering on serial plate; Lowest known #63-100377 owned by Darral McClain.
Highest #63-180823 Erling Lauersen
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*Only special Lowers fit the Windjammer 5. I suggest you stay away from this fairing if you will want Lowers because WJ 5 Lowers are harder to find. See more |
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Jan 31, 1983: The new owner bankrupts Vetter Corporation; Assets go to Bell. Now known as Vetter Products division of Bell; All fairing production seemed to have been stopped by 1988.
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| Bullet |
1985-88 |
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5,000 |
| This is the only design I did for Bell before they ceased making fairings. Lowest Ser. # 60-05182; Highest # 60-10017. |
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# 60-10017 owned by Ralph Bailey |
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| 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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Updated July 21, 2010
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