81 XS1100H replacement windscreen (Vetter?)

[pinkelephant]

I have an 81 XS1100H with the original fairing and saddlebags. the windscreen needs replacing but nobody sells one for this model. When sitting on the bike it looks just like a Vetter Windjammer fairing. the (windscreen) mounting hardware looks the same. is it a vetter windscreen?

[CatatonicBug]

It may be a vetter. Vetter sells those windshields directly from his website, or they are available on ebay from several sources. If you post a picture of the fairing, it will be really easy to determine whether it's a vetter or not. Does it look anything like mine? Yours probably has the square headlight though, right?

[pinkelephant]

I had it parked beside a vetter last summer and they looked the same from the back. same pocket covers and windscreen mounting. That bike is 300 miles away now and I have no way to compare. I know it's a windjammer knockoff but there is a no-return policy on craig vetter's site and he won't answer my e-mails. I don't want to make a $150 mistake.

[DiverRay]

If it has the Yamaha tag near the wire connection on the left side, it's a Vetter. ALL the OEM Yamaha fairings from 1980 up are Vetter designs. The 1978 was a Pacifico, and used a different windshield. The 1979 was a "mix", and you need to look at the windshield. The Vetters have an arc on the front lower part of the shield, early Pacifico has a flat section on the lower front.

[pinkelephant]

it does have "yamaha" on the top of the plug plate

If it has the Yamaha tag near the wire connection on the left side, it's a Vetter. ALL the OEM Yamaha fairings from 1980 up are Vetter designs. The 1978 was a Pacifico, and used a different windshield. The 1979 was a "mix", and you need to look at the windshield. The Vetters have an arc on the front lower part of the shield, early Pacifico has a flat section on the lower front.

[DiverRay]

Then you can safely buy a Vetter replacement for it.

[pinkelephant]

I knew of this site but never came and asked. I have been trying to answer this for a month now online by asking windscreen sellers if it will fit my bike. not one of them even replied to my msg.
I plan to ask all my questions here first from now on. thx

Then you can safely buy a Vetter replacement for it.

[CatatonicBug]

I plan to ask all my questions here first from now on. thx

Good idea. No shortage of quick answers around here! Glad you got it figured out.

[Cobia]

Windshield for you

Hey Pinkelephant,
Check your messages.

[webbcraft2150]

If you have the OEM Vetter/Yamaha fairing, you can buy any Windjammer series shield and it will fit. I cut my own from a +/- $30 piece of 3/8 acrylic plastic. Not a hard job at all and it allows me to use "tinted" plastic and cut the height where I like it.