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- Portrait of Uwe Schneider Moto Guzzi Le Mans I and Ducati 900 SS
- Final racing character for the Mark 3 SS
- Petite is not a term for the 250cc
- “Yes, I can do beautiful things”
- Data Ducati 250 Mark 3 SS
- Data Aermacchi TV 350 (special conversion)
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The engine and transmission were specifically and very successfully prepared for mountain races.
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… wonderful insights from every perspective.
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Aermacchi TV 350 (special conversion): Here it is worth taking a closer look: engine converted to dual ignition, …
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… and that’s exactly why Uwe Schneider is particularly fond of her.
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Ducati 250 Mark 3 SS: Many of their beautifully made details identify them as real hits, …
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The sand-cast case is hard evidence that it belongs to the Berlin small series.
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Motorcycles and leisure belong together for Uwe Schneider. At least in the home workshop.
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Every workshop reveals a lot about its owner, and this one – lovingly tidy, well-organized, here and there even decorated – immediately indicates a fine spirit.
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Sports & scene
Portrait of designer Uwe Schneider
Portrait of Uwe Schneider
Moto Guzzi Le Mans I and Ducati 900 SS
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As a designer, committed to successful form, Uwe Schneider appreciates, restores and looks after Italian motorcycles. He moves two very special gems in veteran races.
Fred Siemer
08/28/2014
Every workshop reveals a lot about its owner, and this one – lovingly tidy, well-organized, here and there even decorated – immediately indicates a fine spirit. What the workshop and showroom in the basement do not reveal: They belong to a former BMW employee. “It was a long time ago,” says Uwe Schneider with a smile and looks happy about his completely non-Bavarian motorbikes.
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Moto Guzzi Le Mans I., Ducati 900 SS With a rare Verlicchi frame, Aermacchi TV 350, also a 350 SS from the same manufacturer and one on the lift Ducati 250 Mark 3 SS. The 75-year-old still shows his subtle smile, then he reports: From 1972 to 1974 he worked under Hans A. Muth in the then still tiny BMW design department, just at the time when the R. 100 RS was created. “Yes,” he adds quietly, “and I have my share in the square cylinder head covers and spark plug caps.” The Augsburg man then moved to the aviation industry, which took him to the northern German lowlands and, as chief designer at Airbus, even halfway around the world.
Final racing character for the Mark 3 SS
So two years weren’t enough to turn it blue and white? “We were NSU town,” replies Uwe Schneider, “BMW had a difficult time.” Every good boy in Munich’s neighboring community knew and raved about NSU world champion Werner Haas, and quite a few started their motorsport career because of that Local heroes on a Neckarsulm racer. Also Uwe Schneider, who in 1958, two years after the fatal plane accident in Haas, pushed a Sportmax to the start and with it up to 1962 he enjoyed driving ID races again and again. But then came his studies and work, and today, as a steadfast esthete, he moves Italian women. Guzzi Le Mans and Ducati 900 pp on the road, Aermacchi TV and Ducati Mark 3 SS in veteran races.
Almost 25 years ago Uwe Schneider acquired the rare Duc, it comes from a small series of 30 pieces, which was created in 1962/1963 at the instigation of the powerful importer Joe Berliner for the USA. There, the AMA (American Motorcycle Association) club races offered a very effective advertising platform; the pilots welcomed every well-made, salable racer. Since the 50s, Ducati has shone with its fast and robust 125s and 175s, and not only in the Italian entry-level classes, thus providing excellent advertising for street motorcycles. So why not support the 250cc, which was presented with high hopes in 1961, in a similar way? The Konigswellen single, which was actually produced in the following year, had already shown sporting potential, even though the factory specification of 22, and shortly afterwards even 24 HP at 7500 rpm quickly proved to be quite exaggerated. Only the Diana Mark 3 Super Sport model, which was initially only available on the important US market, was clearly sturdier, but later and slightly changed as Mach 1, it turned the heads of many sports riders. Thanks to the open racing carburetor, higher compression, sharper camshaft and megaphone, the Super Sport easily made 100 miles with the driver folded up – enormous for a 250cc at the time. And now the Mark 3 SS from Uwe Schneider goes one better on this part, because even sharper cams and larger valves give it the ultimate racing character.
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Petite is not a term for the 250cc
For a better view, Schneider unscrews the tightly cut cladding. Quite enjoyable, and in this basic attitude he points out other special features: the cylinder head, which is much more rounded than all series engines, or the sand-cast housing, for example. The latter is hard evidence that this 250 really belongs to the Berlin small series, which was not the only one due to the very good response. Another feature of the exclusive circle is – so it was said from Bologna – a frame without a number. “I haven’t found any so far,” grins Uwe Schneider. The double ignition of his engine, however, makes him wonder: “I really don’t know whether it was standard. Such racers were tuned straight away. ”In any case, a candle protrudes into the combustion chamber of his Mark 3 not only on the left as usual, but also on the right past the vertical shaft protective tube. Oh yes, then there are Ceriani dampers with light metal housings and Marzocchi racing fork, not to mention the double duplex front brake made of magnesium from Fontana. “But a duplex from Oldani was included as standard,” reports Uwe Schneider and immediately announces even more changes: “I converted from the extremely extreme 35 SSI, which is only suitable for full-throttle routes, to a Dellorto 32 PHF. And these SS were delivered with 19-inch rims and magneto. Mine already had 18 mm Borrani rims and battery ignition when it was reimported. ”Then he shows another special feature of his little racer. “Here, the seven-liter GRP tank. For sprint races. This enabled the bench to be mounted further forward. ”He added,“ But I’m too big for that anyway. ”
That’s right, because petite is not a term for this 250cc. In addition, it is littered with lovingly implemented measures to save weight. A feast for the eyes that its owner will always enjoy. With the reference to the circuit, which was converted from right to left, Uwe Schneider now leads over to his second racer, a highly radicalized Aermacchi TV 350. It has a kick starter and light, but a megaphone that only recommends use on public roads in homeopathic doses . The rather unstable idling also points to the actual purpose, and indeed: “With the engine,” says Schneider, “a certain Roberto Cerrone is said to have become a mountain champion in southern Italy.” For this purpose, the man had a lighter crankshaft, larger valves and one sharper camshaft installed. In addition, the compact engine housing contains a mountain gear with a “short” ratio in all five stages. “But that fits perfectly with the Mickey Mouse courses, on which we mostly ride with our veterans,” reassured Uwe Schneider, who was able to find the unit a few years after the restoration of the TV and, of course, happily installed it in its reinforced frame.
“Yes, I can do beautiful things”
The light metal tank of his machine comes from a racing version of the Ala d‘Oro, at least the characteristic wire screen suggests this: The mighty intake of the carburetor, which is mounted at right angles to the cylinder head, protrudes far below the tank on the gold swingarm. On Schneider’s TV, it points upwards at an angle, as it were, and again it dispenses with more stringent racing equipment, but instead relies on a rather civil box slide carburetor from Dellorto for drivability. “Just like in the past with the mountain races, there you used rather small cross-sections.”
In contrast, the jagged Ceriani double duplex brake with magnesium anchor plates shows real racing qualities again, as does the fork from the same manufacturer. And anyway: “It works really well,” says Uwe Schneider happily, confirming what Ducati had to experience less than 50 years ago: The 350 Ala d’Oro with their ohv engines took the great vertical shaft Ducs or even the AJS Boyracern keep the butter off the bread. In the factory trim, on the other hand, the 250s were able to boast big, the lying singles even achieved considerable success in the World Cup.
Quasi the legitimate successor to the Sportmax. “Well,” contradicts Uwe Schneider, “they would never have become world champions, the Italians.” Correct. And why didn’t he keep his NSU? “I did,” he says, “I got back into the sport in 1979, with the veterans.” Then he received an irresistible offer, and Max was gone. “But I still have one,” confesses Schneider, and it really fits. “An Italian Fochj with a Max engine. The original motorcycle from my student days. ”It survived in the basement of my parents’ house and has been part of my own project for over 20 years. But now he really wants to fix it up again so that he has something for the little tour that starts better than the Aermacchi 350 SS. It once came to the basement because the engine interested him as a parts carrier. Then the rest was too good to throw away, now everything is beautifully there. “Yes,” says the designer, “I can do beautiful things.” Then he laughs again: “And for the rest I have Rudiger Kamna nearby.” The experienced Ducati tuner from Ottersberg helps with the technology , comes by occasionally and is amazed at the tidy, squeaky clean workshop. “But that’s the way it is, with aircraft manufacturers.”
Data Ducati 250 Mark 3 SS
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Engine: Air-cooled single-cylinder four-stroke engine, overhead camshaft driven by a vertical shaft, two valves operated by rocker arms, bore x stroke 74 x 57.8 mm, displacement 248.6 cm³, 30 hp (with DMSB-compatible silencer and 32-carburetor), five-speed gearbox
Landing gear: Bridge frame open at the bottom, load-bearing motor, wheelbase 1330 mm, wheels front and rear 18 inches, Fontana GP double duplex drum brake front, Ø 210 mm, Ducati drum brake rear, Ø 200 mm
Weight: 98 kg
Data Aermacchi TV 350 (special conversion)
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Engine: Air-cooled single-cylinder four-stroke engine, camshaft underneath, two valves operated via bumpers and rocker arms, bore x stroke 74 x 80 mm, displacement 344 cm³, a good 30 hp, five-speed gearbox
Landing gear: Central tubular frame, engine mounted, wheelbase 1400 mm, wheels: front and rear 18 inches, Ceriani GP double duplex drum brake front, Ø 230mm, Aermacchi drum brake rear, Ø 160 mm
Weight: 119 kg
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