Vetter Fairing Company

Vetter Fairing Company
Industry Motorcycle accessories
Fate Assets acquired by Bell-Riddell Inc.
Founded Rantoul, Illinois, USA (November 1966 (1966-11))
Defunct 1983 (1983)
Key people
 Craig Vetter, founder
Production output
 10,000 original Windjammer
25,000 Windjammer II
75,000 Windjammer III
150,000 Windjammer SS[1]
Number of employees
 c. 500[2]

The Vetter Fairing Company was a manufacturer of motorcycle accessories including the Windjammer series of motorcycle fairings. The business was founded by Craig Vetter in 1966,[3] sold in 1978,[4] and went bankrupt in 1983. Bell-Riddell Inc. acquired the assets, and produced fairings for a few years.

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ American Motorcyclist 2000, pp. 38–39.
  2. ↑ Holter 2012, p. 44.
  3. ↑ American Motorcyclist 2000, p. 32.
  4. ↑ American Motorcyclist 2000, p. 42.

References

  • "Against the Wind: How Craig Vetter changed motorcycling", American Motorcyclist: 33–42, August 2000
  • Holter, James (August 2012), "Craig Vetter, motorcycling's most free-thinking inventor", American Motorcyclist: 40–45


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