I have read the original vetter story i think i remember him wanting biger fins to make it look meaner.
I dont know if this translated to production. he liked the BSA engine with the cylinder rakeThe function of my design then, was to say "Look at me because I am special." The function of the Vetter Rocket was to make me get noticed for the right reasons.
I already loved the triple engine but somebody had emasculated it by shaving its cylinder head fins off. I put them back on. I also put as much space around it as possible, sort of like framing it with the bodywork as a prized painting would be, to make it the center of attention.
The longer forks were a bugger up he lengthened Ceriani forks by about 2 inchs and for some reason when the bike reached production they made the BSA/Triumph forks the same amount longer.
http://www.motohistory.net/featureds...er-story3.htmlI wanted my design to be producible so I made no changes that I thought might jeopardize its production. It also was to incorporate a new Ceriani - style front end. Don sent me a set of Cerianis saying that it pretty much represented the English version coming soon. The problem was that he sent me short, road racing forks and I had to machine slugs to bring the bike back up level. And that seems to have led the English to believe that I had extended the forks, so they extended their Ceriani copies too. The fact is the Vetter Rocket that I made had stock Rocket 3 length forks.
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