Scott-E
Vetter Aficionado
Just finished installing a Kawasaki Vetter Windjammer Fairing on my 2006 Honda VLX 600. I designed and fabricated a bracket for the fairing. I also made the windshield from Lexan. Due to the design of the VLX 600 the windshield is only 12 1/2 inches tall. The top of the windshield is level with my mouth when I'm sitting on it. It's perfect for me. The glass shop sold me an odd size left over peace just large enough for the windshield for $14.
A little about me. My Dad gave me my first set of tools when I was 12. He took note of my natural mechanical talents and turned me loose by bringing home all manner of junk lawn mowers, bicycles, and anything else he found free for the taking. Soon people were buying stuff I fixed and bringing me stuff to be fixed. A year later I was making more money than my Dad. When I entered High School I had the option of going to trade school as well at no cost. I signed up for the Machine Shop class because I wanted to be able to make parts for stuff that was no longer available. I became a very good machinist as a result. A Shipyard recruited me and so I started work as an Inside Machinist at that Shipyard immediately after graduation. When I was 24 the Shipyard shut down (caused by the economic policies of Jimmy Carter) and so I joined the US Navy. I became a Gas Turbine Systems Technician. I advanced rapidly and made 1st Class Petty Officer (E-6) after only 4 years. When my enlistment was up 2 years later if I had re-enlisted I would have been advanced to Chief Petty Officer (E-7). 2 Army Majors from the Anniston Army Depot came on the Ship I was on 2 weeks before my enlistment was up and offered me a position in the M1 Abrams Tank Program as they needed people with Gas Turbine engine experience. I stayed there for 19 years and then retired with 25 years of military service. I'm currently in Active Reserve Status and provide consulting services designing upgrades of components and sourcing of replacement parts when original parts from the contracted suppler are no longer available.
Here are a couple of pictures of my bike with it's Windjammer Fairing and the bracket I fabricated for it.
A little about me. My Dad gave me my first set of tools when I was 12. He took note of my natural mechanical talents and turned me loose by bringing home all manner of junk lawn mowers, bicycles, and anything else he found free for the taking. Soon people were buying stuff I fixed and bringing me stuff to be fixed. A year later I was making more money than my Dad. When I entered High School I had the option of going to trade school as well at no cost. I signed up for the Machine Shop class because I wanted to be able to make parts for stuff that was no longer available. I became a very good machinist as a result. A Shipyard recruited me and so I started work as an Inside Machinist at that Shipyard immediately after graduation. When I was 24 the Shipyard shut down (caused by the economic policies of Jimmy Carter) and so I joined the US Navy. I became a Gas Turbine Systems Technician. I advanced rapidly and made 1st Class Petty Officer (E-6) after only 4 years. When my enlistment was up 2 years later if I had re-enlisted I would have been advanced to Chief Petty Officer (E-7). 2 Army Majors from the Anniston Army Depot came on the Ship I was on 2 weeks before my enlistment was up and offered me a position in the M1 Abrams Tank Program as they needed people with Gas Turbine engine experience. I stayed there for 19 years and then retired with 25 years of military service. I'm currently in Active Reserve Status and provide consulting services designing upgrades of components and sourcing of replacement parts when original parts from the contracted suppler are no longer available.
Here are a couple of pictures of my bike with it's Windjammer Fairing and the bracket I fabricated for it.
