craig vetters "mystery ships"

san luis obispo ca 70s-80s. Mr Vetter had a factory at one time and he built a number(ten i think)of kz1000 flagships for his co.called mystery ships each with a number.
When he sold em they got mixed reviews i think.
there was a guy that drove one around town black and blue with the #5 on it...
The last unsold one i knew of and sat on is now on the barber museum sites stuff..
I got two complete mk11 body sets new in the box in 86 from the owner of slo city cycles for a case of coronas each(with a lime in each pack of course)
when craig bought the bikes at that shop the deal was less bodywork priced and these had been in the rafters ever since. till i climbed up one day and found em.(long gone from me now)...
I believe there were stages 1-3 sold...and twelve years ago i saw #8 i think?? at a monterey wharf cycle shop all turboed out ,the owner had it for sale...
anyone know any other history or where some of em went to or sites that show em(japan prob...peace craig

well would you believe i have came across one in the past few days ,,i am not sure where it was ebay or craigslist i think but is a quite ugly piece of work ,check this out but i definatly saw one ,as i waslooking for some parts ,good luck

yes they were sure eye of the beholder and not my cup of tea...just somthing that ran around my home town and i think about sometimes...thanks for the tip and if you remember where you saw it please let me know...p.s he had a crew building custom frames.... along with the era bracing he had raked in a larger steering collum...one day i met a guy who worked for him and built his own frame on his spare time using the jig and same parts..swingarm chain roller.bracing,,custum triple tree on a stock l.t.d ..was pretty cool to a kid likme me then...

There was one listed fairly recently (within the past two years or so) on Cycletrader.com and it was from a collector in Lafayette, Louisiana...price was US$25,000...betcha it's still unsold:)

you know i actually saw that add and was kinda thinking it was crazy too....some folks got a lot of money in this world(a lot) so i guess you never know and he was fishing...i would think there would be a site about them or for them...mr vetter was kinda in the thick of the kz team racing for a while ....the same shop owner was drunk one nite and gave me a wrecked vetter race tank,mk11 with reg pridgmores name in stencills and the vetter logo on each side..i remember it had dual petcock holes..one each side...lost that too in my younger days...peace craig

ah the late 70s!:laugh:

Nope... didn't like his Mystery Ship but his Triumph Hurricane was pretty nice.

If ya like Triumphs.....

Locozuna wrote:

Nope... didn't like his Mystery Ship but his Triumph Hurricane was pretty nice.

If ya like Triumphs.....

X75...is that right? and yeah, I liked the Triumph

Yeppers X-75...notice that Widow Maker caged up behind the Hurricane? I guess it's safer all caged up like that! :blink: :laugh:

The Mystery Ship #1:

And #8;
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It's no mystery why they didn't sell is it.... butt ugly... such a shame to butcher a perfectly good motorcycle and turn it into a piece of junk... not that I'm disliking it any...