Topic: confession, it's time to step foreward

[BeSeeingYou]

There were a couple of differences, but any Windjammer and Vindicator would use the same mounting bracket and the same lowers.  The brackets and lowers were what was bike specific.  The exception was the Windjammer V, it used different lowers and maybe brackets as well.  The Windjammer III (what I have) was the first using ABS plastic instead of fiberglass ( I think).  The Windjammer SS and Windjammer IV had built in turn signals called Leading Edge Lights.  They also had an adjustment knob on the dash for the headlight up/down position to make it easy to adjust the headlight for different loads on the bike.  The Vindicator was just like the SS/IV but without the built in turn signals. You mounted your original turn signals and stalks on them just like the Windjammer III.

Hope this helps.

MJ

leave him alone !    thanks mj that helps alot . 
ive just seen one on ebay , i may have a worse confession in a couple of days .

I have two of these........might go nice with whatever it is you may be getting ......you know you want it.

[toytuff]

There were a couple of differences, but any Windjammer and Vindicator would use the same mounting bracket and the same lowers.  The brackets and lowers were what was bike specific.  The exception was the Windjammer V, it used different lowers and maybe brackets as well.  The Windjammer III (what I have) was the first using ABS plastic instead of fiberglass ( I think).  The Windjammer SS and Windjammer IV had built in turn signals called Leading Edge Lights.  They also had an adjustment knob on the dash for the headlight up/down position to make it easy to adjust the headlight for different loads on the bike.  The Vindicator was just like the SS/IV but without the built in turn signals. You mounted your original turn signals and stalks on them just like the Windjammer III.

Hope this helps.

MJ

So this might be a Vindicator fairing? Interesting stuff. 

tt

[mjstone]

There were a couple of differences, but any Windjammer and Vindicator would use the same mounting bracket and the same lowers.  The brackets and lowers were what was bike specific.  The exception was the Windjammer V, it used different lowers and maybe brackets as well.  The Windjammer III (what I have) was the first using ABS plastic instead of fiberglass ( I think).  The Windjammer SS and Windjammer IV had built in turn signals called Leading Edge Lights.  They also had an adjustment knob on the dash for the headlight up/down position to make it easy to adjust the headlight for different loads on the bike.  The Vindicator was just like the SS/IV but without the built in turn signals. You mounted your original turn signals and stalks on them just like the Windjammer III.

Hope this helps.

MJ

So this might be a Vindicator fairing? Interesting stuff. 

tt

No, that's not even a Vetter Fairing.  The Vindicator looks like the Windjammer III, but has the headlight adjusting knob on the dash like the Windjammer SS.

MJ

[Retro Rocket]

No, that's not even a Vetter Fairing.

Any idea what that one is MJ.?

[seanbarney41]

I'm curious too, I also have one...but no mounting brackets, is that one fork mounted?

[Stev-o]

I'm trying to "give" my Windjammer away for $50. Maybe I'll have to pay him?

[Don R]

If I was close I'd come get it.

[RustyStuff]

There were a couple of differences, but any Windjammer and Vindicator would use the same mounting bracket and the same lowers.  The brackets and lowers were what was bike specific.  The exception was the Windjammer V, it used different lowers and maybe brackets as well.  The Windjammer III (what I have) was the first using ABS plastic instead of fiberglass ( I think).  The Windjammer SS and Windjammer IV had built in turn signals called Leading Edge Lights.  They also had an adjustment knob on the dash for the headlight up/down position to make it easy to adjust the headlight for different loads on the bike.  The Vindicator was just like the SS/IV but without the built in turn signals. You mounted your original turn signals and stalks on them just like the Windjammer III.

Hope this helps.

MJ

So this might be a Vindicator fairing? Interesting stuff. 

tt

I belive thats a "batwing" fairing. Seen a few on harlys.

[andy750]

There were a couple of differences, but any Windjammer and Vindicator would use the same mounting bracket and the same lowers.  The brackets and lowers were what was bike specific.  The exception was the Windjammer V, it used different lowers and maybe brackets as well.  The Windjammer III (what I have) was the first using ABS plastic instead of fiberglass ( I think).  The Windjammer SS and Windjammer IV had built in turn signals called Leading Edge Lights.  They also had an adjustment knob on the dash for the headlight up/down position to make it easy to adjust the headlight for different loads on the bike.  The Vindicator was just like the SS/IV but without the built in turn signals. You mounted your original turn signals and stalks on them just like the Windjammer III.

Hope this helps.

MJ

So this might be a Vindicator fairing? Interesting stuff. 

tt

I belive thats a "batwing" fairing. Seen a few on harlys.

Could it also be a Wixom fairing?

MJ great info on the fairings! Very helpful!

Andy

[toytuff]

I'm curious too, I also have one...but no mounting brackets, is that one fork mounted?

This one used everything but the turn signal stems and turn signals.

Has upper mounting brackets behind the tachometer, master cylinder and the brackets behind the speedometer.

tt

[toytuff]

Another pic of the brackets.

tt

[seanbarney41]

thanks for the pics Toytuff...that's a cb350 right?, kinda funny... my Batwing fairing came with a cb360 I used to have...wish I kept the 360 instead of that dang fairing...

[toytuff]

thanks for the pics Toytuff...that's a cb350 right?, kinda funny... my Batwing fairing came with a cb360 I used to have...wish I kept the 360 instead of that dang fairing...

Yes. 1973 CB 350 G model. Turned out nice. Sold today.

tt

[Don R]

HA HA, I did it. Bought a nice windjammer ss at the swap meet.  I got a set of 750 lowers too. The bracket is for a 550 so I'm looking to trade for a 750 bracket.
 
We also got a set of vetter bags with 750 brackets

[Stev-o]

No Don, say it isn't true !

[ofreen]

HA HA, I did it. Bought a nice windjammer ss at the swap meet.  I got a set of 750 lowers too. The bracket is for a 550 so I'm looking to trade for a 750 bracket.
 
We also got a set of vetter bags with 750 brackets

Nice going.

[mjstone]

Way to go, Don!

MJ

[LoVel]

My name is Paul and I have a Windjammer but have managed to leave it in my dads garage for the last year.  Luckily the windjammer was already removed from the CB when I bought it but a condition of the sale was I had to take the jammer.  Bastard.

[Prospect]

Does anyone have one of these?  Vetter Hippo Hands.  They looks sooo cozy.

[Goldbug]

My CB500 came with a Vetter. I threw it in the dumpster. Later I found out that was a mistake when I posted before and after pics of my bike and got seven unsolicited offers for the fairing.

[MoMo]

Does anyone have one of these?  Vetter Hippo Hands.  They looks sooo cozy.

I used to have a set back in the 70s and early 80s, and you are right-comfy and one of the best ways to keep your hands warm during cold riding.  Back then heated grips were not all that common...Larry

[Terry in Australia]

Why would you put a big fugly Vetter fairing on a BMW? BMW built the best fairings on the planet when that bike rolled off the showroom floor? Must be an American thing..............

[MoMo]

Why would you put a big fugly Vetter fairing on a BMW? BMW built the best fairings on the planet when that bike rolled off the showroom floor? Must be an American thing..............

And those Hippo Hands were ugly too but sure kept the hands warm.  Craig Vetter sure sold a bunch of merchandise back in the 70s.

Terry, since you are the Spelling Police  you need to  the title of this thread corrected ...Larry

[Terry in Australia]

Why would you put a big fugly Vetter fairing on a BMW? BMW built the best fairings on the planet when that bike rolled off the showroom floor? Must be an American thing..............

And those Hippo Hands were ugly too but sure kept the hands warm.  Craig Vetter sure sold a bunch of merchandise back in the 70s.

Terry, since you are the Spelling Police  you need to  the title of this thread corrected ...Larry

I've got my beautiful R100RS Larry, and I can wear summer gloves in winter behind the fairing on that baby, but I know our winters aren't like yours, and even though BMW was the first bike to introduce heated grips on production motorcycles, that wasn't until the early 1980's. Still, it's surprising to see a Vetter on a BMW.

[ofreen]

You are right about BMW fairings. They work great. But back in those days there a lot of BMWs on the road that weren't RS or RT's. And the Vetter fairings work well, too.  Looks are a matter taste of course, but I think the Windjammers from the SS model on look OK.  And as I've commented many times, when I'm riding to work in February when it is 19F, it is positively beautiful.