Your Z – Craig Vetter – Vetter Rickman
It is shown here on display at the Mid Ohio Motorcycle Show in July 2012.
Kawasaki earned a reputation for bullet proof reliability with their 903cc and 1015cc engines.
Even though the Kawasaki engines were powerful in standard form, the reliability of the engines was inevitably going to attract the attention of tuning companies.
Specialist frame builders came up with designs to take advantage of the power of the Kawasaki engine, whether it be in standard or tuned form.
One such frame specialist was the British company, Rickman.
Craig Vetter’s 1975 Rickman Kawasaki is one of the finest examples in existence.
It features a Russ Collins tuned 903cc engine bored to 1100cc.
Daytona – 1976
after taking 3rd place in the
Amateur Open Class Cafe Race.
Carol, the future Mrs. Vetter, is in the truck.
The bike is in the AMA Hall of Fame Museum, Ohio as raced on this day.
Craig is well known for his Vetter Corporation through which he sold motorcycle fairings and luggage, perhaps most notably, the Windjammer range.
Craig’s fascination with motorcycles led him to design the Triumph Hurricane X-75 and the Kawasaki KZ1000 MkII based Vetter Mystery Ship.
For more information on Craig and the Vetter Mystery Ship, click the image below.
(Photograph by Frank Bez. Courtesy of Craig Vetter)
I would like to thank Craig Vetter for his permission to use the photographs on this page.
Page added to website on 31st May 2019.
Most recent page update: 7th April 2022.