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All rear luggage plug harnesses were the same. They had nothing to do with the fairing harness. The trunk harness is a bit of a problem in that I cannot locate the original quick disconnect plug assembly anymore. If anybody can ID a contemporary source for those plugs, please let me know...

Our Motorcycle Hall of Fame is very dear to me. This is where the greats of motorcycling are honored. This is where their stories are told. This is where their motorcycles are displayed. Over the years, I have come to know many Hall of Famers. They are not ordinary motorcyclists. At the 26th...

Nice rack. Well, If you don't have a serial number, you have an early early Series 1000. I will go check my sales records again. I did this with my YDS3, racing a new Bridgestone 175. He beat me.

My first fairings - designed between 1966 and 1971 were closer to pure art that the later fairings. They were beautiful. The crossbar is standard on the Series 1000 fairing. It was called the Motherbar. It acted like a bow string to keep the fairing curved and strong. Funny stories about...

This was after he sold. To Coleman, I think. He was making radio controlled sailplanes. Looks like he spells it Alter, not Altar. I loved my 305. The first Vetter fairing was made around it:

Lowers did have serial numbers but the number had nothing to do with which motorcycle they were designed for. They were for keeping track of orders.

Serial numbers on all Windjammers are on an aluminum plate on the inside left side of the fairing. The electrical plug goes into it. It is a hard place to see because motorcycle tanks have become so big. Either take the fairing off or use a little mirror, a flashlight and a camera. If you...

OK Here is what I have gleaned from my Notebooks and other ephemera: Because of the disasterous factory fire at my company the beginning of 1977, The Vindicator and all Lowers fell behind schedule. We began shipping Vindicators at the end of 1977 with serial numbers beginning with 31. It...

Windjammer III 09-142305 You are a winner! I like this game Master Serial number: As of Jan 5, 2014 (Still need to do lowers) Windjammer: June 1971-Oct 1973: lowest: 1000 Highest: 9161 Windjammer II: Oct 1973-May 1974 Lowest 13648 Highest 43986 Windjammer III: Spring 1974 –Mar...

That puts your production in the middle of the runs. By the way... we did not drill the holes for Lowers in the Windjammer II. We began drilling those holes with the Windjammer III.

Ahah! A real Windjammer aficionado. Reflectors came standard on the Windjammer II and III. You could order lights as an option. The holes behind the reflector were for the wires. I notice that there are no holes drilled for your Lowers. Most unusual. Can you send me your serial number...

I am writing the definitive book on the Windjammer Fairing and need your help. Every Windjammer had a serial number plate with a specific number. The number is stamped into the aluminum plug plate. Over the years, I have been able to collect numbers for the following fairings: Windjammer...

You ask a good question, Kevin: I have been working on my book and have come with this same question. It is going to take a little more research but right now, I am not sure why I have no Vindicator (only) serial nameplates. Just Vindicator II like yours. I presume that your 39-566480 says...

We had several sizes of headlight covers. Each was sized to snap over a particular bike's headlight. If yours does not snap on and stay there it is too big... not the right size for your bike. There could be another explanation: The cover is vinyl and could have changed shape after 35 years...

This picture was taken outside one of my big buildings in Rantoul, Illinois. A giant orange piece of paper was hung off the building where a smooth section of concrete allowed the bikes to be rolled in place, fanned out like this. These bikes were not mine. They belonged to local dealers...

Hip Replacement of Sep 18, 2013 37 years ago, I crashed my RD 350 at Road Atlanta, destroying, both my bike and left hip. They put me together as good as they could in those days. I limped along in life, hoping I might never have to do anything about it. Things began deteriorating rapidly in...

A real tail. More chargers. New tires. New wheel bearings. Terry Hershner is ready to set a new Coast-to-Coast record. http://www.craigvetter.com

All right... how was I to know that MVetter was my son?

A few years ago, my wife and I thought we would ride up the Alcan to Alaska together. I developed the Alcan fairing for it. In every way, it was superior to the Windjammer... except it does not look like anything you are used to seeing. I showed the development of it on my web page but nobody...

The pics above are somebody's copy fairings. There were a lot of copy fairings in the 70s. From the angle of the windshield, you can see that the parts have warped a lot. It is what happens when you don't work from a stable "master" part. I never got involved with a police fairing because of...