American entrepreneur and motorcycle designer (born 1942)
Craig Vetter
Vetter in 2016
Born
(1942-07-28) July 28, 1942 (age 81)
Selma, Alabama, US
Nationality
American
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Occupation
Motorcycle designer
Spouse
Carol Vetter
Awards
AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame
Craig Vetter posing with his 1981 streamliner at AMA Motorcycle Museum in Pickerington, OH, in July 2016.
Craig Vetter (born July 28, 1942)[1] is an American entrepreneur and motorcycle designer. His work was acknowledged when in 1999 he was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame.[1]
His Vetter Fairing Company created aftermarket motorcycle fairings in the 1970s before manufacturers themselves included fairings on their products. The product has been cited as once being so ubiquitous that the term "Windjammer" was interchangeable with "fairing".[2] The company at one time was the second largest motorcycle industry manufacturer in the United States, behind only Harley-Davidson.[3]
He founded Equalizer Corp and his innovative human powered design won the Boston Marathon wheelchair class in 1982.
In 1998, Vetter's design for the British Triumph Hurricane was selected to be in the Guggenheim Museum's The Art of the Motorcycle exhibit which toured the world, and has since become a cult icon and much-valued collectors' item among owners' groups.[4]
^ ab"Craig Vetter: Fairing and Motorcycle Designer, Innovator, Racer", Motorcycle Museum Hall of Fame, American Motorcyclist Association, retrieved 2012-10-26
^Johnson, David (May 1995), "The wreck of the Mystery Ship", Cycle World: 80, His Windjammer fairings had become so ubiquitous that for all practical purposes the terms "fairing" and "Windjammer" could be used interchangeably--at least until the motorcycle manufacturers followed his lead and started making purpose-built tourers with frame-mounted fairings already installed.
^Craig Vetter, Inventor and Designer, Mother Earth News, retrieved 2012-10-26, Vetter Corporation was second largest motorcycle-oriented manufacturing company in the United States. Only Harley-Davidson was bigger
^"The Triumph Hurricane by the man who designed it" Archived 2013-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, Craig Vetter's Official site. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
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original on 18 July 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2008. Vetter, Craig. "Doing More with Less Energy". The CraigVetter Fuel Economy Contests – 1980 through 1985. Archived...
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fairing. Vetter had been creating his Vetter "Windjammer" fairings for some years before the Streamliner was designed, and created the CraigVetter Fuel Economy...
"自分らしく暮らしを楽しむ、あなたのカブ。スーパーカブ50 / 110". Honda公式ホームページ. Vetter, Craig (April 20, 2007), 1981 CraigVetter Fuel Economy Run, archived from the original on October...
Augusta and Adeline Van Buren (2002) Terry Vance (1999) Don Vesco (1999) CraigVetter (1999) Ryan Villopoto (2021) Ed Waldheim (2007) Gene Walker (1998) Otto...
year Notes T150 1969 1972 T150V 1971 1974 5-speed gearbox X75 Hurricane 1973 The first production 'Custom' motorcycle–styled by CraigVetter T160 1975...
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American motorcycle and fairing designer, CraigVetter helped Hershner build a modern version of a Vetter Streamliner. The added fairings allowed Hershner’s...
original on 4 July 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2014. Vetter, Craig. "Honda GL1000 and the Vetter years". craigvetter.com. Web Partners. Archived from...
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as a guest speaker. The latter are always celebrities in the field. CraigVetter was the 2004 Grand Marshal of the event; he is a famous motorcycle designer...
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