Nothing like a cb750 shop truck. Got to luv those vetter bags. I took mine to NC with all my gear, tools, tent, and still had room to stuff em full of food b/4 hitting the camp site.
The Vetter equipment pictured was part of the revolution these bikes spawned. Craig Vetter had a 750 and also a waterbike, and most of the products he created were designed and tested on those 2 bikes until he stepped out of R&D in 1983. Between 1971 and 1985, this was the only useful touring fairing out there, unless you bought one of the copies, like a Torque, which were exactly the same, aerodynamics and all (spawning lawsuits over it all, which Torque and others backed out of, properly). From 1976 through 1980, Yamaha bought their touring fairings from Vetter for their touring bikes, having them installed in California as the bikes came off the ships. Honda tried to create their Hondaline fairings without infringing on Vetter aerodynamics and lines, with the result that Hondaline fairings created so much upward lift that many of their bikes (like the CB900) that fitted them came with an 8 or 9 pound WEIGHT that bolted to the former headlight mounts to try to help improve the steering at speed. Craig designed and tested his farings in the wind tunnel at the University of Illinois at Champagne/Urbana. Until 1986, no one else went to this much trouble with their touring fairings: Honda finally did after the lawsuits started, where bikes were wheely-ing after semi-trucks blasted Hondaline-equipped Gold Wings on 2-lane roads.
I first rode behind my Vetter in 1971. When I rode to the races where we ran, it was bolted on: when we got there, it came off (4 little bolts and one cable unplugged). At the end of the race, it went back on: both moves are less than 3 minutes. The first Vetter saved the whole bike in a nasty crash in 1972, which severely broke up the fairing: the only bike damage was a scratched lower left passanger peg. The second Vetter went right in its place, has been there for 130,000+ miles since. I won't ride my 750 without it, now. It can pull 125 MPH with the Vetter in place, and 128 MPH without it: that's not much speed penalty for the incredible comfort and lack of fatigue it brings on a long trip (like the MANY 1000 mile days we've put in together).
Don't underestimate that fairing.
