MAGIC BIKE + 2020 + NO SHOW + @RUEDESHEIM MAGIC BIKE + 2020 + NO SHOW + @RUEDESHEIM A full report on a show that did not happen – and the possible A little Bit of (no) future of motorcycle events in Germany...
MAGICTheMAGIC “No-Show” in Ruedesheim!
11. - 14. JUNI 2020
• DORO PESCH • STAHLZEIT • Live Musik auf 3 Bühnen • Harley-Davidson Probefahrten • Großes Musikfeuerwerk • Geführte Ausfahrten • Parade • Stuntshow June 11th - 14th 2020 • Bike Show
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Harley-Davidson Deutschland GmbH Harley-Davidson Factory Frankfurt Harley-Davidson Wiesbaden Ruedesheim/Rhein: Can’t stop
www.magic-bike-ruedesheim.com the bikes from rolling in... 7Buddies and Bikes e.V. • Rheinstrasse 3 • 65385 Rüdesheim am Rhein Germany
A www.motographer.de feature A www.motographer.de feature MAGIC BIKE + 2020 + NO SHOW + @RUEDESHEIM MAGIC BIKE + 2020 + NO SHOW + @RUEDESHEIM iding the Rhine Valley in May or June to meet at Magic Bike Ruedesheim or just for privat fun has been a passion for many motorcycle riders. MAGIC BIKE Althought the event was cancelled already in March 2020,R “Buddies and Bikes” and the city of Ruedesheim did expect some riders to show up despite the Corona crisis. So they prepared for that... 2020Rüdesheim No Show!
4 A www.motographer.de feature A www.motographer.de feature 5 MAGIC BIKE + 2020 + NO SHOW + @RUEDESHEIM MAGIC BIKE + 2020 + NO SHOW + @RUEDESHEIM uedesheim’s Corona disaster in just one image: This is Rüdesheim’s “Mainstreet” and mooring area for MAGIC BIKE Hotel-cruise-ships Saturday afternoon. What would have been THE top-day of the tourist year, thousands ofR motorcyclists parading through the Rheingau and something between six and ten Hotel ships in double lines at the moor- Rüdesheim ings with the accompanying tourists prowling Drosselgasse, is 2020 almost deserted. Tourist business along the Rhine – as well as No Show! any other business – is on the brink of total collapse!
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oss Hoss and Harley-riders heading for the Taunus hills an Wispertal valley on Friday. The Harley-Davidson Club of Wiesbaden usually organises the “guided Tours” of Magic Bike, last yearB divided in three separate groups, thanks to the 800+ riders that want to attend the rides. With 8-10 riders, the task is much easyer, no roads have to be blocked off. Here they are heading out from East Rüdesheim toward Niederwald Memorial and Wispertal Valley.
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lenty of parking was available on Saturday afternoon, as the Rüdesheim City authorities designated the Rheinstraße in front of the Broemserburg Castle and the sideroad behind it as “free of charge” motorcycle parking. Something riders can be grateful! On any other weekend (and day) than MagicP Bike, Ruedesheim is one of the greedy citys even cashing in on parking motorcycles – and it was and is ENFORCED!
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lke and Juergen are long time visitors of Magic Bike and other European Harley events. Despite arriving from less than 120 km away, they retained Etheir Hotel booking and enjoyed meeting friends at the “No Show” of Magic Bike 2020. Empty motorcycle parking at what in other years is the busy “Main Entrance” of Magic Bike shows that this years “No Show” will leave its marks!
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Buddies and Bikes and Carlos Cachafeiro, who was one of the “lucky artists” to have a chance to perform during the Pandemic. All other concerts and activities were cancelled. It was a “No Show” that will be in “save lives” and “keep the virus tolerated, while others were not. the memory of all those who attend- from spreading”. Nevertheless, Motorcycle meetings certainly on ed it, because it was surrounded as time passed, it turned out that the latter category. Falling into a by all the “surreal” facts and fic- some “belived” in what politicians time of “releasing” the pressure, tion that follows us since Covid and media fed them, others didn’t. Ruedesheim knew in advance that 19 hit the Planet, be it this or last And those who did trust their rul- at least some riders would enter year! “Magic Bike Ruedesheim” ers and media masters were some- the town during the days that was cancelled already in March, what shaken when they witnessed would have been “Magic Bike 2020 following the Europe-wide “shut that some “political correct” mass – so they prepared for it. So did down” of almost everything to assemblies and protests were Buddies & Bikes!
The vendors area served as free motorcycle parking. Rheinstraße with little traffic.
Friday’s “Boss Hoss” tour rumbling out of Rüdesheim up into the vineyards.
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The tower of the Boosenburg and Brömserburg in Rüdesheim. No vendors, no visitors, no firework and (BELOW) no Bikeshow during the “Magic” days in Rüdesheim. At least, some sunshine! When “Magic Bike” was can- ed. The “Friends of Magic Bike” bers of “Buddies and Bikes” of celled officially in March, some event Wednesday evening still Ruedesheim who organize this 600 hardcore enthusiasts kept needed a special permit, allow- event since 2002 had invited their Hotel reservations, start- ing up to 200 people to enter friends and supporters to this ing a true “gamble” against time the garden of the Broemserburg meeting, most of which crawled and Covid 19. It was just on mid- Castle which was dominating out from their home-office holes night to June 11th that some of the otherwise deserted even- for the first time since March, the the Hessian restrictions were lift- tsite. The surprisingly few mem- author included. “We thought
No parking! Rheinstraße on Wednesday: Empty!
20 A www.motographer.de feature A www.motographer.de feature 21 MAGIC BIKE + 2020 + NO SHOW + @RUEDESHEIM MAGIC BIKE + 2020 + NO SHOW + @RUEDESHEIM we should at least prepare target” to bring in some money, Broemserburg garden, I pur- some “back-up plan” for those motorcyclists now seem on top posely avoid the “Newspeak” riders and bikers who would of the target list of German Police term “Social Distancing”, pro- pass or stop at Ruedesheim”, forces. Of course, Germany has posed by the ministry of truth, stated Bernhard Jung, one of no other problems at this time. because distance is never the “Buddies” that organize the Or has it? social. Even during Wednesday event for 19 years, “we wanted Weather forecasts and news evening it became quite obvi- our long time friends ous how difficult it is to to be informed what is see long time friends going on and what is as Covid-carriers and planned for the future.” potential bacillus... Still optimistic that This odd feeling some- there is one... what continued through Likewise, the City all days, making every staff of Ruedesheim contact a balancing prepared: By cutting act between the fear off the usual tolerat- of infection and the old ed parking next to the familiarity that came Street Cafés, the police naturally. I don’t like and “Ordnungsamt” the “New Reality”, but I was handing out tick- gotta face it. ets whereever they Carlos Cachafeiro saw and felt some- spread his “music body “stepping over magic” on all days from the line”. “Magic Bike” a small stage: On any is THE economic factor other event, he had in Ruedesheim’s wide- played the highly suc- spread annual event cessful part of “stage calendar, now as dead sweeper” after the as tourism from for- main bands into the eign countries includ- early morning hours. ing huge numbers of All musicians are hard visiting Japanese and hit by the current crisis. Chinese tourists look- Harley-Davidson ing for Elvis. All the Wiesbaden, Frankfurt stranger that the city and Wetzlar operated did its best to piss off two “Live Wire” demo the remaining visitors bikes from the nearby and 600 “Spartans” rose garden” and did that kept their (certain- quite well in promoting ly not assured!) Hotel the new Bikes. reservations for the Talking 2021, Magic 4-day event. Bike is planned to Interestingly enough, return with the precise the date also connect- program of 2020, then ed “by chance” with a hopefully for a rousing “safety offensive” of 20th Anniversary party Hessian Police forc- Ehrenfels Castle, located between Rüdesheim and in the usual configura- es searching for loud, Assmanshausen is a great picture at sunset. tion and with all “major modified, illegeal and players” back in place. too fast motorcycles – And hopefully with less another fun factor that certainly spread through the internet attitude and attention by the not added to the exitement of kept the numbers of visitors at a police of Hessen, the state so far the Ruedesheim bound riders. decent level. Ruedesheim was supporting the event as a touris- Speed traps and other check never in danger of being “over- tic highlight for the benefit of the points were set up on popular run” on any given day of the “No local business. If that happens, riding routes along Rhine and Show” 2020. we will see... Matthias Meier of Harley-Factory Frankfurt came prepared! Wispertal valley, checking the “Distance” was the theme bikes and riders. Being an “easy of the loose gathering in the Text: HRF; Fotos: Motographer
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The present “Buddies and Bikes” did thank all invited guests – poeple and officials that usually do Carlos Cachafeiro performed on all days of the “No Show”, including a “live” online performance the work on Magic Bike Ruedesheim and who visited the Wednesday night reception in the garden of on Saturday. Check out his website on www.carlosseum.com. Keepin the distance was easy on the Broemserburg. Many long-time supporters of the event were present, most of which agreed to the Wednesday as a special permit limited the participants to 200 only. In fact, Hessen lifted its limita- seriousnes of the problems coming up in the future! tions only on midnight that day, yet political protests the week before had by far exceeded limits.
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Stefan Dries and Bernhard Jung at the reception: Packing such a lot of work and passion into 19 What the Germans love! Rules and Regulations seem to be inherited in the German “Kraut Genes”, years of Magic Bike Ruedesheim, they are now focussed on getting the 20th Anniversary Edition “on as the first 3 months of the Covid 19 Pandemic proved again! Rules and reg’s differed from state to the road”, no matter which obstacles will be rolled in their way. In the past 19 years, this team has state, sometimes from town to town and hour to hour! If you think you would be “safe” from loosing made “Magic Bike” the “top event” in the entire Rheingau and certainly for Rüdesheim! your driving licence by riding a bicycle in “high spirits”, THINK AGAIN! NOT in Germany!
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ell protected against the virus, this Bagger rider approaches the Brömserburg Garden, passing the empty Rheinstraße. The traditional event days – Thursday is a “Bank Holidy” in some German States – saw many “riding” visitors pass- ingW Rüdesheim, but few stopped for a longer stay. This years “event” and procedures were ruled by Ruedesheim City authorities and local Police, trying to enforce the “city limits” and – of course – existing “Corona-Rules” ...
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TOP: “Social DIstancing” was “the theme” for much of the weekend. This is the somewhat sad view Plenty of space Saturday 4 pm in the front of the Garden facing Rheinstraße, Railway line and park- from the Brömserburg deck to the garden entrance, the “Live Wire” demo ride visible in the rear at ing. The City had no complaints, even asked to set up more tables and benches to avoid “standing the entrance to the Rose Garden. BELOW: Boosenburg and empty eventsite (in the left of the picture) clusters” as the “newspeak” goes. Vera and Bernhard Jung themselfes unpacked the hardware from show the rather deserted area and the cable cars to the Niederwald Memorial. their van and placed them in “safe distance”...
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The Boss Hoss powered riders at the end of the tour pose for a group show in front of Residence Johannisberg above Geisenheim and Winkel. Magic Bike always was a popular event for the Boss Hoss riders.
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BOSSBig Bikes HOSS roam RIDE the Rhine & Taunus roads
everal hundred horsepower thunder down into the Wisper Valley on Friday, led by Gernot Moser of Harley-Davidson Club Rüdesheim. Gernot knows the narrow routes of the Rhein- Taunus inside out, as he is usually plotting the routes for MagicS Bikes “World Heritage” tours and the traditional Friday ride-out with HOG members and visitors that now line up in the hundreds at Assmannshausen.
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BOSSBig Bikes HOSS roam RIDE the Rhine & Taunus roads
p on the “high ground” of the Rhein-Taunus hills, the land- scape changes from plains to deep gorges with twisting roads leading up and down to narrow creeks that collect the water to the Rhine. What the image does not show – or what Uis rather remarkable for 2020, in this – so far – scenic landscape is a war going on! As it happend on the other side of the river – belonging to Rhineland-Palatinate – plans are underway to plaster the Hessian heights of the Rhine with rotors to create wind powered electrical ener- gy. In ten years, this picture might be “history”...
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BOSSBig Bikes HOSS roam RIDE the Rhine & Taunus roads
The riders that stayed until the groupshot outside Johannisberg Castle.
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The twisting L 3397 sideroad from Lorch to Ransel is one of the “secret tips” to ride with any motor- cycle during Magic Bike. It is a “mandatory” when touring with the “Magic Bikers” . Magic Bike Ruedesheim knows “packed” Assmanshausen, next herd along those narrow Taunus three major riding events: town “downstream”. In 19 years, Hills – using some side roads The “World Heritage Tour” on the tours have been swelling to from early years that now can’t Thursday, guided tours by the almost 600-800 participants, take the huge numbers of par- HD-Club Rüdesheim and local the parade packed several ticipants. To add “spice” to the HOG Chapters Friday and the thousand bikers in some years. challenge, half of the “gang” Magic Parade Saturday, all 2020 saw a “private” tour by rode with the V-8 powered Boss of which assemble at a then those who usually route the Hoss monsterbikes!
Laukenmühle and ruins in the Wispertal Valley.
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The small number of participants allowed to travel roads that are nowadays avoided with the bigger The Boss Hoss rides quite well. Magic Tours.
The ups and downs of Taunus riding: Too much fun! Up into the hills: Niederwald Memorial in the background.
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Reconstructed water wheel at the Laukenmühle Restaurant. Big bikes on their way!
Despite their weight, the Boss Hoss in motion can put up quite a performance. Windshields may have not always the desired effect on a bike.
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The stock product is quite impressive in its performance: HD “Live Wire”.
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Electrifying!Harley-Davidson „Live Wire“ Demo-Rides
Two “Live Wire’s” were available for demo rides in Ruedesheim.
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NOTEFull Feature available!
Just from the Brömserburg to the “Mouse Tower” and back: The short “Live Wire” ride did already uncover the potential of Harley’s electric ride. Full torque from the start does pay off! The local Harley-Davidson show up despite the “No Show” is an exeptional well constructed Dealers, namely Wiesbaden and and had two “Live Wire” test and executed motorcycle, offer- Harley Factory Frankfurt, have rides available, highly appreci- ing impressive performance! supported Magic Bike along with ated by the present riders that Even only a short ride from the always present HD Demo could get the “electrifying” feel- Broemserburg to the Mouse Rides that always had a fully ing of riding this truely amazing Tower for a quick fotoshoot “packed” shedule during the Harley model. You can have a offered the “Live Wire” made an event! This year, the locals did point on e-motorcycles, but this “electrifying” experience!
Bernhard Jung also tested the Live Wire.
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HD-Wiesbaden, Wetzlar and Frankfurt shared the demo rides at Rüdesheim. The look is deceiving: Battery and equipment carry some weight: 251 kg!
Preparing for another testride. Any first ride on a electrical motorcycle needs careful adjustment and concentration!
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Saturday morning and noon turned out to be more on the cloudy – and occa- sionally wet – side, it was late afternoon that the sun came out again and rid- ersAs were now parking the last block of Rheinstraße along the Brömserburg. The Garden soon filled up with visitors and even some of the Magic Bike “reg- ulars” riding high-end Showbikes rode in from all over the Rhein-Main basin. Björn aka pro “Captain Jack Sparrow” re-enactor from Ginsheim near Mainz arrived on his “Fossil” Habermann Chopper.
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Custom V-Rod – on the traditional “Magic Bike Show” and “Magic Bike Parade” day, very few show- bikes prowled the Rheinstraße... The expected “crowd” of shift bike show, usually one of We will see, but I wish all of Saturday did fail to arrive: In the the Saturday highlights, or pick them the best! Given the circum- morning, the promised weather any bike features. The garden stances, you can’t box people did not show up – or was it that crowded up only in the evening in forever – and motorcyclists the news of the police action of hours when the live music start- are naturally careful about their previous days made it through ed, most visitor groups interact- protection against almost every- the grapevine? Maybe a little bit ing without their “mouth diapers”, thing. Try to convince anybody of both... which at that time where not not riding a motorcycle to wear Anyway, not much material was mandatory outdoors. A “Magic” a helmet for hours on end! Point rolling around to arrange a make- Corona hotspot in the making? taken? Saturday evening, alomost a “Touch of Magic Bike”. The Flag is up!
Parking outside the Brömserburg was tolerated by the Rüdesheim Local Police.
58 A www.motographer.de feature A www.motographer.de feature 59 MAGIC BIKE + 2020 + NO SHOW + @RUEDESHEIM MAGIC BIKE + 2020 + NO SHOW + @RUEDESHEIM Welcome to the Magic Bike “No Show” 2020: Remember the vision of MAGIC BIKE “paperless office? Registering for any Restaurant visit in Germany creates a nightmare of data nobody will ever need, at the cost of personal, time, effort and...paper. And that’s for a virus whose distribution is still unex- plored or unexplained... Rüdesheim 2020No Show! NEWWelcome to REALITY?„New Magic Bike“ 2021 BureauCRAZY – Germany always has a “special way” to deal with things. And plenty of bureaucrats to “innovate” their often politi- cal founded ideas. Will “German Angst” prevail again? This sarcas- tic “farce“ feature is one to smile at. For now. You may not laugh any longer next year...
This chapter of the story may + contain sarcasm WARNING!+ be irony + kill your illusions + could become true
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The future looks distant: Food & drinks serving line at Rüdesheim 2020.
Bureaucrazyness sure has its own written (and paid for...), along with from state to state, district to district, home country. And the winner is – the costs to supply the necessary town to town and even street and surprize, surprize – Germany! (mandatory...) support by Police, house level. And this is still continu- When an islamistic motivated ter- Red Cross and Fire Brigades, if ing. Not to mention the economic rorist hit the Berlin X-mas market not “state police” to keep “order”. In repercussions, most of which are on December 19th 2016 by plough- case of Magic Bike this adds anoth- still to come. While the legal wind- ing a truck into the visitors, what er 5-digit amount on already rising mills of the German Sancho Panza’s happened? Did German Police find costs, fortunately dampened a little are still grinding in thin air, we can the suspect? Did they check and bit by support from local busine- already imaging how next years publicise the background? Did they ses who provide trash containers hypothetic “New Magic” will turn out. make it more difficult for suspect- for the task. State Police with auto- Don’t blame me, if you find yourself ed radicals to enter Germany? Did matic guns ready watch the scene, hooked up in this scenario... they issue orders to make hijack- making a great “entry” into a biker X X X ing trucks more difficult? Little of party. As in most other German fes- June 2021, Ruedesheim am Rhein: the above mentioned happend, but tivities, the setting is similar what As to be expected, “Safety” was a massive uprise of pen- & paper- elderly people remember as the “10 supplemented by “social distance” pushers created an unprecedent- Minutes Barrier”, manned in 1945 by and “public health needs” in a ed list of restrictions that from then local Volkssturm and Hitler Youth. “Alternativlos” (= no possible alter- on were to be mandatory for every American Soldiers christened them natives) fashion, as most German town party, fair, event, carnival and accordingly for “9 minutes laughing political agendas for the last what ever would assemble enough and 1 minute to blow them away”. decades. Bookings at “New Magic” people to make a “valuable tar- Since 2016, they are back – deja can only be done online in advance, get” for any crazy out to get media vu...? 6-days minimum, and all visitors attention. Since Germany’s borders X X X have to upload the “New Magic App” “could not be protected” – we know Now “back to the future” and the that gives away position, speed, different since March 2020, do we? reason of this introduction? Since corona status and alcohol level – orders were given to convert every the outbreak of Covid 19, German (for females, add date of last ovol- street party into a small “fortress citizens have been subject of an ation...) – with direct debit charging under siege”, former “Westwall” almost unbelivable amount of some- option in case of misdemeanors of Corona June 2020: Many official representa- builders would have been proud of. times daily, even hourly changing any kind. China will certainly help tives have many ideas how to be “safe”. For all major events and celebra- rules and restrictions, often differing with the software. When approach- tions, “safety concepts” have to be
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...and Rüdesheim Local Police handed out tickets to everybody who dared stopping. Here next to the Drosselgasse. Bicycles of course... ing the still “Volkssturm-style” entry continuously scrutinized (probably you might be a “spreader” or your barriers for the downtown area, if not hourly) by a collaboration between engine is running low on oil. If your pre-selected far outside town, rid- Germany’s Ministries of Traffic and temperature is BELOW Z2 (the Z ers have to stop for the mandatory Health, local TÜV and state health here for “Zombie”) you’re out too, “Health Check” to determine the two department, defining Z1 and Z2. because you are a Living Corpse or entry limiting values “Z1” and “Z2”. X X X you have trailered your bike to the Laser measured will be riders head Z1, short for “Zugang” (= Access) event... temperature, tire & engine tempera- defines the maximum upper tem- X X X ture, all of which are then calculat- perature to enter the event. If it Z1 and Z1 are arbitrarily combined ed in a sophisticated formula that is is exceeded, you’re out, because with the estabished “k” and “R” fac-
Consequently, the town was deserted on Wednesday. 3 more ticket candidates?
Rüdesheim City had the usual parking spots “locked off” from parking motorcycles...
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Ethnically maybe correct, this might not be the homologated isolation outfit for “New Magic” 2021. Just re-opened: Assmannshausen is even worse off than other towns, as it has very little to offer than a row of hotels and restaurants.
A almost empty “Drosselgasse”: Antisocial Distancing no problem. tors, creating a mulitude of reasons which allows hygenical, sexual and another 5-digit amount of cash on a to send you back home, despite political correct access to party and mandatory “Health Concept”, prob- having booked and paid the tickets concert areas. Rolling around in ably pre-booked sufficient hospital half a year in advance. completely enclosed covered plasic beds and respiratory equipment as In the (unlikely) case you are balls on “New Magic” comes with emergency reserve and what ever allowed to enter, the “Distance many benefits hithero unseen. Not German bureaucrazy will come up Parking” on Rheinstraße will allow are you isolated and protected from with. And belive me: They will! to park a bike only at a distance of other disease-infected filthy bikers X X X 3 meters each – you never know that crowd the place, or your nag- That’s for starters – you are free if two riders may want to climb the ging wife – passing out drunk Dutch to add you own ideas, but never saddle at the same time? Of course, riders can be disposed in the Rhine belive a second that it could not all current Corona rules remain in river and safely return to Holland in come worse: Sunday, June 14th force, as Covid 19 has already been a matter of hours! For the fear of 2020, usually the “Blessing of the replaced by Covid 20 and 21 – and infection by overpaid, underperform- Bikes” day of Magic Bike, German don’t be surprised that additional ing, pest riddeled, live performing motorcycle riders assembled in two to the mouth piece, bikers have to musicians, the stage is replaced by widespread ignored and unpub- wear their “New Time” helmets, fully big screens. If not substituted by lished demonstrations in Mainz and integral and ready-made to fly the youtube, performing artists are con- Saarbrücken. Their issue: A German upcoming 2024 NASA Moon mis- nected from their “home studios”, Bundesrat (the parlament of the sion to replace the Stars & Stripes all separeted of course. Likewise, German Federal States) initiative in the “Sea of Tranquility” against a the screen can be used for the to BAN motorcycles from riding on golden Trump flag. Bikeshow, with bikes and details not SUNDAY and BANK HOLIDAYS all X X X neccessarily present in Rüdesheim, over GERMANY! Is anybody laugh- Arriving at the main entrance of Germany or even on the Planet. ing now? the concert & eventsite after pass- Same rules may or may not apply ing contamination and another full for all other activities. Vision, text and images: Horst health sweep, visitors can pick X X X Roesler, Special thanks to George up their “Magic Safety Suit”, the By the time “New Magic” will hap- Orwell and Aldous Huxley... already established “Zorb Ball” pen, the organizers will have spent
66 A www.motographer.de feature A www.motographer.de feature 67 MAGIC BIKE + 2020 + NO SHOW + @RUEDESHEIM MAGIC BIKE + 2020 + NO SHOW + @RUEDESHEIM MAGIC BIKE 2020Rüdesheim MARSHAL No Show! FORWARDS! Visiting Bluecher‘s Rhine Crossing HQ in Kaub! More than just a date for a rainy day! Kaub, the “Pfalz” and the Bluecher Museum are certainly worth a visit!
www.bluechermuseum-kaub.de
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he outstanding shadow box diorama with hundreds of painted tin-made- flat figures by G. Berker and friends MARSHAL shows one of the most essential epi- sodesT that led to the downfall of Napoleon: The Rhine crossing of the Prussian/Russian forces over the Rhine river at Kaub. The histor- FORWARDS! ically correct Diorama follows an historic 15 x Visiting Bluecher‘s Rhine 120 meter (!) panorama painting of 1902 origin Crossing HQ in Kaub! and depicts the moment when the first artillery units were able to cross the bridge, which was damaged twice by the river during construc- tion by Russian Pioneers. Construction of the ponton bridge has begun midnight, January 1st 1814 from Kaub to the Island. At 2.30 am, the troops launched a surprise attack in local boats to conquer the west, french occupied, river shore. Until January 5th, when the bridge was taken down and loaded for future use, approx. 50.000 soldiers, 15.000 horses and 182 guns had crossed the Rhine by boat or on the bridge in pursuit of Napoleon!
www.bluechermuseum-kaub.de
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ore memorials - more wars! Kaub was spared destruction in World War II, when Americans again stormed the Rhine at Remagen, Oppenheim, St. Goar and Coblenz! This is today’s “Blücherstraße” on which the bulk of the 1813/14 Mtroops – and the heavy Guns – approached the Rhine for crossing! Think about this when you “dive” down the (still!) 18% steep road into Kaub! Imagine the smell of horseshit of 15.000 horses passing by. And yes: Watch out for speed traps! www.bluechermuseum-kaub.de
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Street house along the Blüchestraße: It should be noted that Kaub was much smaller in 1813 and – along with the “Hinterlands” had to house and serve and supply thousands of soldiers and horses. The dull weather Saturday morn- Napoleon by crossing the Rhine visitors might be explained by ing allowed finally to check out river at this unexpected location. its SUPER-sophisticated website if a long-planned visit could be Napoleon was retreating from which is a great preparation for a made: The Bluecher Museum at his lost “Battle of Leipzig”, bet- stop or stay in Kaub! The chairs Kaub. Many riders bypass Kaub ter known as “Voelkerschlacht”, on the promenade are also high- every year in sight of the famous yet still optimistic to hold the left ly addictive for falling asleep “Rheinpfalz” toll station which (French) side of the river. when resting and another tip that on New Years night 1814 was Town, Museum and Pfalz are comes handy: Here is (by far) the scene of world history when definitely worth a longer stop the shortest and quickest ferry Blücher followed the retreating and visit. The Museum’s lack of transfer anywhere on the Rhine!
The entrance gate to “Haus Stadt Mannheim”, today’s Museum. Blücher Memorial at the Rhine.
Kaub is one of the “less frequented” towns along the river. Which makes it especially charming!
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One of the original decorated rooms that make this museum a great visit into history! Not as big as one may think: Blücher’s “War Chest” carried the fund for the campaign...
New figures and equipment are added permanently to the exhibition. Full view on the massive Shadow Box Rhine crossing diorama! Don’t miss the re-enactment “Bluecher Days”.
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Hat of a Napoleonic time soldier Another war against France: While fought far away, 1870/71 also left its traces in Kaub.
Crossing the bridge in the diorama: Note the (authentic!) figures in the pontons! “Human bilge pumps” as every ponton had to be continuously drained from water – five days and nights! Replica “Russian Ponton” built by German Bundeswehr: Wooden frame with tar soaked canvas.
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80 A www.motographer.de feature A www.motographer.de feature 81 MAGIC BIKE + 2020 + NO SHOW + @RUEDESHEIM MAGIC BIKE + 2020 + NO SHOW + @RUEDESHEIM llowing the Rhine assault crossing, the Kaub ponton MARSHAL bridgeFo still under construc- tion, Prussian and Russian troops split up to attack Bacharach and Oberwesel, FORWARDS! as the heights opposite Visiting Bluecher‘s Rhine Kaub had no room and no Crossing HQ in Kaub! roads to deploy troops for any type of battle. Today, Stahleck castle is a Youth Hostel and a great (less crowded too!) base to explore the Rhine Valley. Blücher then moved on to Bad Kreuznach and encir- cled the heavy defended BacharachBacharach french occupied Mainz. Note that for quite some time, we were here looking at French territory...
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There are still many “Seventies Style” locations along the river, this concrete-built “Party seat” arrangement near Lorchhausen (next to the speed traps!) one of the more surreal ones. Riding the Rhine Valley between Bonn and parts of the Volcanic It includes many more touring Rüdesheim and Koblenz is excit- Eifel parts I can recommend tips for visiting this unique and ing any time of the year, espe- reading my CCE Press release: historically significant part of cially on a motorcycle where you Germany and Europe. can stop and park almost any- https://www.cus- And don’t forget to get your ass where you like. For further inspi- tom-chrome-europe.com/out/ into the saddle and see it your- ration and information, including pictures/ddmedia/CC-Riders_ self. As long as we are allowed to the Rhine Valley from Koblenz to Rhine-Time_STORY_E.pdf do so...
Blocking the Rhine river: The famous “Mouse Tower” toll station once had a massive chain running through the river.
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For the entire duration of Magic Bike – and years to come – the B-42 has been and is converted into a Formula One Racetrack Style form that costs Millions – and destroys the character of the Rhine Valley for good!
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Construction now downstream near Lorch, which in “Corona times” ain’t much of a problem: Traffic at the “Magic” weekend remained low. Try to pass a bicycle rider according to new German law! NO! Exiting Rüdesheim down- pen”. Yes, the old siderails were stop Russian Tanks from cross- tream direction Koblenz (and somewhat obsolete, yes, enforced ing the river? Check it out your- Nürburgring...), you are NOT enter- railway freight train traffic along the self, because planned to end 2030 ing Germany’s latest super scenic Rhine route did take its toll on the (“Well planned in Germany”...), the F-1 racetrack. This is a ordinary banks, but is it really fun to drive old Rhine roads will be history... road, yet the construction driven by “caged” between massive con- the ever present “German Angst” crete railway embankments and https://www.bvwp-projekte.de/strasse/ that something “may or could hap- car-high safety barriers that can B42-G10-HE/B42-G10-HE.html
Concrete nightmare at the “Binger Loch” Rhine breakthrough. Gone is the “Rhine-Romantic”! After more than a decade of construction, the B 42 and bicycle sideway are now finished between Ruedesheim and Assmanshausen: Only that “races” are not taking place.
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60 km/h speed trap at Lorchhausen
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2020 2020 ALL IMAGES : The 2020 accident site as seen from the police checkpoint, two squad cars and one In “good old times” Magic Bike Close call, again. But these days, limit, not to mention other “man motorcycle officer watching in the back. Of all Rhine valley roads, this is one of the least likely location Ruedesheim had little issues with with the new German traffic fines made” traffic hazards, than on rid- to crash. Ever! The wide and well maintained road offers plenty of room to avoid a collision and enough accidents – and this despite an catalogue, valid from April 2020, ing. Not just in Germany, but all overview to see oncoming traffic. 3:50 pm on a bank holiday is also an unlikely time for traffic jams. ever increasing number of riding you have to expect EVERYTHING! over Europe. Riding or driving is visitors. Yet, last years fatal acci- Never before was it easyer to loose no longer fun – which is probably dent and this years nearly fatal your driving license, add points to exactly what lawmakers and envi- crash next to a police control are your account and pay heavy for ronmentalists wanted all along. 2020 two of three factors than made me everything from speeding to even Magic Bike visitors share the age write about this. The third factor minor traffic violations. Personally, structure of so many Harley events: was a private experience, which I have switched to “Swiss/Austria Being well beyond 50+, after 3 did happen on the A-66, return- mode”, which means I stay consid- decades of Harley-booming, we ing to Frankfurt Wednesday night, erably UNDER the given limits – on are looking at a massive assembly when a car driver, well within the German roads a dangerous riding of retirees. Sad, but true. given 100 km/h speed limit (!), did mode! It is a sad fact that these The 2019 and 2020 crash sites are an emergency “pedal to the metal” days you have to spend more con- only a few kilometers apart, last break in front of me, mistaking a centration on finding speed and years fatal crash happening next “road toll” pillar for a speed trap. distance traps, keeping the speed to a B-42 road construction, that
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2019 2019 ALL IMAGES : The 2019 accident happend when the road construction approached the B 42 opposite the rider probably did notice too the Military heritage from Cold War as political directions change in of Castle Reichenstein, Trechtingshausen visible in the background. Rider also came from direction late – with dire consequences for times. What motivated the 62 year Wiesbaden, home of the Hessian Koblenz/Lorch (Lorch behind the ridge behind the freight ship). Realising the red traffic light too late, his passenger/wife. old rider to dash straight and with- parlament. A long-time coalition he avoided hitting the rear pack but fell while braking. While the 11 am Saturday March out applying the brakes into a wait- of Black-Green, including a dark- 22nd 2019 crash, the rider obvi- ing Ford “Kuga” SUV is not part green minister of traffic affairs ously heading for the annu- of the very sketchy police report. – is welcoming all two wheeled al parade assembly point at Neither is given a reason why the activities, events and transport. 2019 Assmannshausen, could be taken Kuga was stopping for “traffic relat- Given that they have pedals or as a accident, this years 2020 inci- ed reasons”. Newspeak in times are moving electrically. Millions dent happened at a more delicate of Corona? Certainly not – every- are dumped into new and extend- location: Directly at a police motor- body can have his own phanta- ed bicycle lanes, while motorcycle cycle control, set up along the B-42 sies about this. Expecting answers use is turned down and outlawed which at this location is bypassing from official sources is highly as “environmeltally destructive”. Lorch. Victim was a local Harley- unlikely as “parts of the answer More a perspective for “Tal Total” riding Ruedesheim business man, would make the population feel – the bicycle only/car-free event which makes it likely that he knows insecure”, a slogan slipping from on both sides of the river between both the 60 km/h speed traps at the mouth of Thomas de Maizière, Bingen/Ruedesheim than for the the Lorchhausen straight and the then Germany’s minister of internal future of Magic Bike, which since possible locations of other con- affairs in 2015 and popular ever years has become THE top event trol “hotspots” used be Hessian since. for Hotels and Restaurants well Police. Lorch is the entrance gate The Harley rider was flown to the beyond Ruedesheim. to the Wispertal – and former Bundeswehr hospital in Koblenz, By any means, we wish the partic- Bundeswehr Military Ferry ramps Police checkpoints remained ipants of the 2019/2020 crashes a make a great spot for catching all active along several popular motor- quick and full recovery – and the two-wheeled traffic in and out the cycle roads. In fact, when taking option to be back to Rüdesheim Wispertal. Especially on a Bank the images Saturday morning, two and Magic Bike, if they wish to... Holiday Thursday. The B-42 here is Police vans and one motorcycle Maybe, somebody will come up only slightly curved, yet any control rider seemed to be ready to set up who witnessed what was hap- hidden from sight and protected another control station at the very pening. Have a safe ride through by railing. There is no construc- same spot... “Corona times” and beyond! tion site when approaching from While Magic Bike always had a direction Koblenz/Wispertal – and positive relation with local and Text & Images: HRF the road is wider than anywhere Hessiaan Police and politicians, else in the Rhine valley, thanks to the atmosphere is “in motion”
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June 3rd - 6th 2021
Ruedesheim/Rhein
20th Anniversary
Same program and bands as 2020.
www.magic-bike-ruedesheim.de
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98 A www.motographer.de feature A www.motographer.de feature 99 MAGIC BIKE + 2020 + NO SHOW + @RUEDESHEIM MAGIC BIKE + 2020 + NO SHOW + @RUEDESHEIM Meet the MOTOGRAPHER HRF MOTOGRAPHER.DE Dipl.-Ing. Horst Rösler Werrastraße 26 60486 Frankfurt/Main - Germany
Tel./Fax ++49 - (0)69 - 77 22 87 Mobile ++49 - (0)172 - 69 56 338 e-mail: [email protected]
Horst Roesler, the MOTOGRAPHER, is one of the leading photographers in the field of event and custombike photography, writing and research. His pictures and storys are published worldwide. Beside his job as free- lance writer for custombike and motorcycle magazines worldwide he is available as Freelance photographer and writer for your needs.
He has been actively supporting Magic Bike Ruedesheim even before the start in 2002, performing the now legendary ““Flying V-Rod” Fotosession above the Boosenburg tower and also shot the still retained and upgraded “Poster Shot” near Ehrenfels. He also organised the first “Magic Ride In Bike Shows” and retained that when the Bike Show moved into the Party tent. Swimming in the Rhine River as a young kid in the Sixties and blast- ing along the river with his moped and motorcycles ever since 1976, he Sorry, censored has also extensive historcal knowledge of the Rhine valley.
This Story is dedicated to all who helped Magic Bike Ruedeheim 2002 - 2020 to become what it was!
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