Author Topic: confession, it's time to step foreward (Read 16582 times)

Really? · « **Reply #25 on:** December 23, 2011, 06:59:24 PM »

Really!

dave500 · « **Reply #26 on:** December 23, 2011, 07:23:23 PM »

Quote from: srust58 on December 23, 2011, 02:10:51 PM

I don't ride in the winter but with the windchills sometimes reaching double digits below zero I find the Windjammer to be a worthwhile accessory to wear when doing outdoor activities.

you can even take a wizz through the headlight opening,when i spot a windjammer i just look away.

Randy · « **Reply #27 on:** December 24, 2011, 10:33:20 AM »

Randy... Los angeles... i would get a windjammer...BBBbbbuuuutttt I quit smoking, so I don't need one..

Don R · « **Reply #28 on:** December 24, 2011, 09:37:45 PM »

I can always count on you guys to make me smile,,

faux fiddy · « **Reply #29 on:** December 25, 2011, 12:41:22 AM »

I found some weathered , vintage hard bags from a guy that has a backyard full of MC junk and bikes. Everything was half buried and or hidden by the shoulder high weeds. Maybe if I talk him into bringing a lawnboy (or John Deere brushog) to mow his backyard I will wreck the blades on a half buried WINDJAMMER.

Peterbylt · « **Reply #30 on:** December 26, 2011, 06:57:07 PM »

My Name is Peter and I have Windjammer and the matching Vetter trunk and hard bags.
All of it mounted on my 81 Goldwing and couldn’t be happier with it.
In fact there is a picture of our Vetter dressed bike on Craig Vetter’s web site.
http://craigvetter.com/pages/Owners%20bikes/Owners%20bikes%20page%2018.html
The wife and I have done many thousands of miles touring and I for one appreciate the protection offered by the faring especially in rainstorms and when we drive through a cloud of love bugs.
At the end of a long day of interstate driving I am quite happy I have my Windjammer.
I will admit it would look a little silly on a Café or my 550f…….

Peter

Really? · « **Reply #31 on:** December 26, 2011, 07:19:59 PM »

That is a perty GL.

the technological J · « **Reply #32 on:** December 28, 2011, 09:18:11 PM »

i am on the canstant lookout for one of these

Xnavylfr · « **Reply #33 on:** December 29, 2011, 08:15:13 AM »

Jammer?
I've had many different bikes with flat shields and Jammers . The Jammers difinately gave more wind/rain protection but to each his own!
My main bike is not a SOHC but it has a flat shield now but I want to change to a BATWING Fairing with TUNES

MrGardman · « **Reply #34 on:** December 30, 2011, 07:15:32 PM »

My name is Don and I probably installed what seems like hundreds of those while working at the Honda dealership when I was young. Therefore I never want to see any again.

tramp · « **Reply #35 on:** December 31, 2011, 11:42:28 AM »

real men don't even say that name

mjstone · « **Reply #36 on:** December 31, 2011, 12:32:13 PM »

I'm MJ and my CB500 came with one. I love it and when I found out about Craig Vetter's luggage, I had to have some. Since they never made any mounting kits for the 500 I had to modify the set that came with my Tail Trunk. Might be the only CB500 that's fully Vetterized in the world.

MJ

P.S. Peter, you should get some Lowers for your faring, it makes a world of difference keeping your legs warm and dry in cold and wet weather.

MoMo · « **Reply #37 on:** December 31, 2011, 01:03:59 PM »

Quote from: mjstone on December 31, 2011, 12:32:13 PM

I'm MJ and my CB500 came with one. I love it and when I found out about Craig Vetter's luggage, I had to have some. Since they never made any mounting kits for the 500 I had to modify the set that came with my Tail Trunk. Might be the only CB500 that's fully Vetterized in the world.

MJ

P.S. Peter, you should get some Lowers for your faring, it makes a world of difference keeping your legs warm and dry in cold and wet weather.

That is one awesome retro cruiser. Vetters, dual exhaust, king and queen seat-got it all

...Larry

mjstone · « **Reply #38 on:** December 31, 2011, 09:35:40 PM »

Quote from: photolar on December 31, 2011, 01:03:59 PM

Quote from: mjstone on December 31, 2011, 12:32:13 PM
I'm MJ and my CB500 came with one. I love it and when I found out about Craig Vetter's luggage, I had to have some. Since they never made any mounting kits for the 500 I had to modify the set that came with my Tail Trunk. Might be the only CB500 that's fully Vetterized in the world.

MJ

P.S. Peter, you should get some Lowers for your faring, it makes a world of difference keeping your legs warm and dry in cold and wet weather.

That is one awesome retro cruiser. Vetters, dual exhaust, king and queen seat-got it all ...Larry

Thanks Larry.

I put just under 2200 miles on this rig in the Rally and was very glad I had it. I dropped the bike on tight curve called Devil's Elbow on a stretch of M-119 called the Tunnel of Trees (or something like that). The Faring and Saddlebags kept the bike(and Me) from getting any serious damage. One small dent in the tank from the left lower getting pushed into it. The Faring mount got tweaked a bit as well (straightened that out when we stopped in Mackinaw City before going over the bridge). You can hardly tell any damage to the Vetter stuff until you get close and that's just scratches in the paint.

MJ

BLUE71TURBO · « **Reply #39 on:** December 31, 2011, 09:45:07 PM »

Helllloo, BUURP ! mY NNAAMEE iss jOn ! bUURp ! WATs aa Fiin GAMmerr ?? BurrbP !!

rbmgf7 · « **Reply #40 on:** December 31, 2011, 10:08:09 PM »

I want to confess.

I still have no idea what that lever is sticking out on the right side of my bike's engine with the symbol ʇɹɐʇsʞɔıʞ imprinted on the rubber.

RustyStuff · « **Reply #41 on:** December 31, 2011, 10:30:36 PM »

I 'm Kyle, and I have a Vetter QuickSilver and a Luggage rack, with optional Padded sissybar.
And I like them.

Function before form.

That seats not on the bike, Iw as seeing how a seat off a Suzi GS wuold work. The stocker needs to be redone.

I ahve to say, why would you cut up something you can sell for money, or give away, someone, somewhere wuold want one of those giant windjammers.

754 · « **Reply #42 on:** January 01, 2012, 09:26:49 AM »

Back in 76 or 77 I was riding down the Columbia Gorge and was riding with some bikes from Minnesota...trade bikes for a few miles and got on a GL with a Jammer.. started sweating a bit, didnt like thast or the disconnect from the wind...
Ten years later I had a R100RT missing the clear part of the fairing..rode it like that for two years.. warmer hands.
rusty are you gonna have that sail off by the time we come down to go riding with you?? Jk

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #43 on:** January 01, 2012, 10:47:40 AM »

A few years ago while in Montana I rode a friends BMW K1000 with a fairing and lowers. The weather was hot in the 80's and it was hot riding that bike and I was really pushed up forward with my wife on the back. Not comfortable at all. Rode a 81 KZ750 with a vetter and I did not like the way if funneled the engine noise. Rode an 83 GL1100 and that was great. I wonder if they work better on some bikes than others.

RustyStuff · « **Reply #44 on:** January 01, 2012, 10:06:43 PM »

Quote from: 754 on January 01, 2012, 09:26:49 AM

Back in 76 or 77 I was riding down the Columbia Gorge and was riding with some bikes from Minnesota...trade bikes for a few miles and got on a GL with a Jammer.. started sweating a bit, didnt like thast or the disconnect from the wind...
Ten years later I had a R100RT missing the clear part of the fairing..rode it like that for two years.. warmer hands.
rusty are you gonna have that sail off by the time we come down to go riding with you?? Jk

Nah, Going to keep it just to bug you guys.

If I had the stock Headlight bucket I'd make it so I could swap it out Quicklike for when I wan't the fairing, But I don't, and I'm cheap. The Only headlight bucket I have is a square one from another vetter quicksilver.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #45 on:** January 01, 2012, 10:41:01 PM »

I've never liked "Barn Door" fairings, and have wondered about the aerodynamics and the affect it would have on the bike's handling, but when I "inherited" my Triumph Rocket III from my older brother it had a lot of Triumph accessories, including this see-thru fairing thingie.

It's not tall enough to keep the wind out of my face (although I can move it up a bit if I like) but it keeps most of the rain off me in winter, and the bugs outta my teeth every other season. I keep meaning to take it off, but there are a lot of bugs here this time of year, and they taste like #$%*. Cheers, Terry.

754 · « **Reply #46 on:** January 01, 2012, 10:53:55 PM »

Terry, I got a front fender off one of those, gonna reverse it and use as a rear fender on a chopper... verry wide fender...

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #47 on:** January 01, 2012, 10:57:53 PM »

Yeah, that'd probably work well Frank, the front tire on that is wider than the rear tire I had on my 16" hog back wheel! If you see a used Rocket seat let me know? I want to get a new seat built for long trips, so I need a good base, but I don't want to wreck mine to do it. Cheers, Terry.

RustyStuff · « **Reply #48 on:** January 01, 2012, 11:30:47 PM »

Quote from: Terry in Australia on January 01, 2012, 10:57:53 PM

Yeah, that'd probably work well Frank, the front tire on that is wider than the rear tire I had on my 16" hog back wheel! If you see a used Rocket seat let me know? I want to get a new seat built for long trips, so I need a good base, but I don't want to wreck mine to do it. Cheers, Terry.

How do those bikes handle?

Don R · « **Reply #49 on:** January 01, 2012, 11:36:06 PM »

My first Windjammer windshield had air vents you could pop open to get more cooling in the summer. They did work too.

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Author Topic: confession, it's time to step foreward (Read 16582 times)