Out jams a Windjammer, CL, t3, chicago

[chuck peterson]

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/mcy/5569914256.html

How do you out do a Windjammer? See it here...

[twhitaker]

It's a Daytona! I had one of those back in the '70s. Much slicker than a jammer.

[pmillar]

Funny you mention Vetter because that sure looks like a Triumph X-75 Hurricane triple in the background on the dealer floor. I believe they were designed by Craig Vetter.

[JoeW]

That Daytona fairing did out jam a Windjammer, less drag, better protection and storage but, it weighed a ton.

[Park Ridge Phil]

It was heavy. Had one on my 75 BMW way back when. Worked good except had problems with the welds. My uncle the welder had to keep it together for me. Finally tossed it and put on a Windjammer 3 with lowers and cycle sound.  Kept me happy for years. 😎

[oldbike54]

Funny you mention Vetter because that sure looks like a Triumph X-75 Hurricane triple in the background on the dealer floor. I believe they were designed by Craig Vetter.

 Yep , Vetter's first "paying" job . The prototype says BSA on it , which in truth the Hurricane is . Wish they hadn't put the long forks and conical (comical) brake on .

 Dusty

[twhitaker]

There is a very nice looking Hurricane at the AMA museum in Pickerington OH. 

[charlie b]

Looks almost as big as a Hannigan fairing.  And I am one of the weird ones who liked Windjammers.

[steven c]

 No I have had a couple in the past, they just work.

[normzone]

It reminds me of how I felt when I was working on / test driving Corvettes - I never did get used to it, it always seemed like the nose of the vehicle got there before I was ready for it. Ah, Randy Wall's Texaco...

[twowings]

I got my first Windjammer for my Yamaha 750 triple about 36 hours after a bird strike (blue jay) at 75mph...felt like I had a hole punched through my chest and had the breath knocked clear out of me...had to lay down on the side of the highway for 1/2 hour once I got the bike stopped...haven't ridden an un-faired bike since....

[donn]

I notice this thing gets some criticism for being heavy, and I've heard that against the Windjammer too.  But mine isn't very heavy, and it just occurred to me that it could be because California II.  Not only does the Windjammer look especially great on a California II, it apparently mounts different, too.  I say apparently, because I got the parts decades later, and maybe back in the day Vetter supplied the typical mounting frame for the California II, but what I got from Harpers was basically a set of 4 flat steel ties to be connected to the frame and crash bars.  Sure, that's lighter.  I add a little wood to shim it upwards an inch or two.  It's sweet - there's nothing like an aerodynamic frame mounted fairing.

[tazio]

If there ain't, there needs to be a museum of all the funky cool fairings ever produced. Home made stuff too!
As a yute I made a set of lowers out of sheet metal for my motorcycle when riding in winter in Niagara Falls,NY.
My buddies called them my snowplows

..and late seventies Guzzis seem to be the preferred platform for some bizarre farkles. 

[cruzziguzzi]

Fairing? Damn thing's a sail provided you're rigged and borne for scudding.


Todd.