Vindicator Red White and Blue

[Kynan C.]

Tom,

You have this fairing in your collection. I always though it was a customized paint job. I saw another one on a bike on the net (see below). Was this a special edition? What do you know about it?

 

[Terraplane Tom]

I purchased the fairing on Ebay, but was outbid at the last second on the saddlebags.

Here is the article from Craig's website,

All Vetter Fairings that were sold to Kawasaki as "Kawasaki by Vetter" began with the prefix 32. No, to answer your question, I don't know how rare these Kawasaki Windjammers are, but I thank you both for sending this information.
Another interesting Kawasaki story (for another time) is Kawasaki Vetter-Anniversary model of 1978. We made 200 sets of white Vetter components for these bikes, with red and blue stripes, making them very rare indeed:

#15 of 200, Anniversary Kawasaki at Vintage Days, Mid Ohio, 2008

 

[Terraplane Tom]

Here is a picture Craig sent me.

 

[brianinpa]

That is a sweet looking KZ1000!

 

[Kynan C.]

Tom, you are fortunate to have one of those. Another question I have is do you have the matching luggage? Have you ever seen one of the bikes for sale? I would love to have one of those for the collection.

It always amazes me how Craig has a photo for every ten minutes of time during those eras. He is a fantastic person whom documented history with such precision and accuracy. We are fortunate he is with us today, and is so kind to share his impressive documented timeline.

 

[Terraplane Tom]

Nope, someone outbid me on the bags, but I was thinking if someone could recreate the flags and striping it could be duplicate the bags. I would love to have the entire '78 KZ1000 with the RWB setup!