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Series 2000 and 2500 motorcycle fairings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
From the beginning, BMW owners were the most interested in Vetter fairings. Because of this, Mike Jones, my business manager of the time, insisted that I design a fairing for BMWs. Fotrunately, I had a friend, Dave Blaine, in Rantoul, where we were now located, who had a BMW and was willing to let me use it. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | One cold morning, on Sat. Feb 16, 1968, we rolled Dave's BMW out and took photos for our ads and press release. It fit perfectly... better than any other fairing I would ever make, because it was only for BMW. We were all very proud. Mike was happy because he had something people said they wanted. Notice that Dave's windshield has a straight bottom line. After making about twenty of these, I redesigned the S2000 to allow it to use our new "Gull" shaped windshield. It now became the S2500 Phantom Fairing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dave Blaine's BMW and the first Series 2000 Vetter Fairing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Found in 2006! One of the the first Series 2000 Vetter Fairings! This very rare Vetter fairing - only 25 or so were made - was found in a shed within 15 miles of where it was made. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Besides the new windshield, the new Series 2500 Phantom employed storage pockets at the front. It was important to me that these pockets be able to hold a can of oil, which in those days was a round cylinder. | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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We made another 100 or so Series 2500 fairings before the Windjammer killed all interest in Phantom fairings. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See Series 2000-2500 Phantom Fairings on Vetter Owner's bikes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This beautiful Series 2500 Phantom, probably the last one made, is now on display at the AMA's Hall of Fame museum Page updated Apl. 2, 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||