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Vetter high mileage fairing kit

By Paul Crowe

Vetter high mileage fairing on HelixCraig Vetter is well known around the motorcycle world as the creator of the Vetter fairing. He’s been a very busy guy over the years and we mentioned his design for the Defiant Scooter based on a Harley Sportster a while back. But Craig Vetter has had quite an interest in streamlining and increased efficiency for a long time and for five years, 1980 – 1985, he had a high mileage contest. One contestant actually managed 477mpg! You might think some of the ideas from that contest would generate a little interest these days and Craig thought it would be cool to make the fairing used in that contest so some of you could do a little experimenting on your own.

He made a number of the fairings and he is offering them for sale on his site. They’re not exactly a kit, just a basic fairing which will require a bit of engineering on the part of the buyer to make it fit and build some sort of mounting system. He uses the example of the Honda Helix scooter as a base vehicle to which you would add the fairing. There are a couple of other examples as well.

I think this would be a great project to see just what kind of mileage a current scooter or small displacement motorcycle could really get. With a body shell like this as a start, you’re well on your way. Wouldn’t this kind of project open things up a bit beyond the build a chopper mode so many seem to be stuck in? With all of the technical skill and creativity out there, trying to get super high mileage would be a neat change of pace. I like it.

Vetter high mileage fairing

Posted on November 17, 2005 Filed Under: Motorcycle Builders, Motorcycle Design, Workshop & Tools


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Comments

  1. Doug says

    November 19, 2005 at 4:52 pm

    owning the record for highest mpg with an internal combustion engine should be worth something. Discovery Channel, put this together to balance out the “burnouts-against-a-wall” chopper shows.

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