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Between the Swabian Alb and Lake Constance

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Full of sun, great route: It couldn’t have gone better than a dozen finely crafted youngtimers accompanying the maiden voyage of the MOTORRAD CLASSIC self-made Suzuki Scracer 402 – on winding streets between the Swabian Alb and Lake Constance.

Werner Koch

05/27/2011

It purrs like Katzle, the small Suzuki GS 400 after the major conversion to a scrambler with racer genes (issue 2/2011). It’s about time, one day before the widely announced readers’ trip from Tubingen to Lake Constance in mid-April. Well, the thing has been running for a year, but always with a few frailties and not yet perfect. Sometimes the engine, built from old parts, went crazy and ate one spark plug after the other, then the chassis echoed like the notorious one “Lamb’s tail” around the bends, and in the end the electric starter gave no more than the well-known when attempting to start “Click” of yourself. It still does that now, but the classic Kickstarter – demanded by some readers as a mandatory feature for the scrambler / racer – now reliably gets the 180-degree twin going. Well then, go full throttle to the workshop and pack your clothes.

But then it happens. Less than 20 hours before the exit, the 400 series arms out. Long lying, speed 140 on the clock, full roar, the grin on the face – and then the GAU. From one second to the next, end, off, done. Nervous fingering on the fuel tap and kill switch, ignition on, ignition off – no sound. Rolling out on the expressway, embarrassing footwork and pushing to the next parking space. Short technology check, experienced a hundred times. Fuse? OK. Fuel? Bubbling out of the hose in a fat stream. Candles? Fawn. Spark? Hello, spark? nothing.

All that remains is the emergency call by mobile phone: “Can you pick me up with the transporterle? Expressway, parking lot at the forester’s house.”

Fortunately, at home, the relief follows: The alleged electrical GAU of the Suzuki Scracer 402 turned out to be an ignition lock cable that slipped out of the connector. A cable tie now holds the connector in place. The exit with the readers and their machines – each more beautiful than the other – was no longer in the way.


Scene: MOTORRAD CLASSIC spring ride 2011


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It has almost been forgotten that the post-war period was also the time of teams. All the better that Heinz Maier came to the CLASSIC ride with his BMW R 60/2.

The sun moves slowly over the horizon, displacing the fog and cold that have spread over the Neckar valley in the clear night. Tubingen, a student metropolis on the edge of the Swabian Alb, is the starting point of the MOTORRAD CLASSIC tour. First a Munch arrives. No, not a classic Munch 4, but a highly individual composition of classic and modern. In the spirit of our Suzuki Scracer 402. An old motorcycle, spiced up with new technology. The aluminum swingarm and titanium exhaust come from the Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K6 from 2006, the martial full fairing with rectangular double headlights is self-made. Some will turn up their noses, some smell betrayal of the original. For the builder, however, his Munch is an individual life’s work to drive and enjoy.

And anyway, pleasure motorcycling, a new trend that has also reached the modern generation with jet helmets, leather jackets and casual legwear, has long been among youngtimers and classic freaks “in”. Because when it comes to scrap iron riding, it is no longer important to be the fastest or the most daring. What counts is the feeling for the old engine when it struggles and struggles on long inclines with the tightly tensioned gas cable, but is allowed to bubble away on the idle gas nozzle while gliding along. 100, 110, maybe 120 km / h when the entourage dashes down into the long depressions. They could do more, much more: The new Honda CB 750 from Siegfried Kerner or the Yamaha TR 1 from Gunter Baron, also the beautiful Laverda SF 750 or Waldemar Schwarz ‘Honda CBX 1000 six-cylinder, they all have a lot of steam for you tight top speed. But you don’t need any of that to keep the passion simmering on two wheels. Quite the opposite, which is why you have no trouble following the Scout with a Kawasaki W 650, Honda CB 500 Four or Guzzi California 850.

Road or gravel – you have the choice on the way to Lake Constance. That’s why the author put his spring tour together in such a way that all overcrowded federal highways, tough city crossings and yawning boring asphalt strips are left out. Criss-cross, over abandoned farms, deeply cut valleys and hand-selected gravel stretches, the curviest sections of the Alb combine to form a highly varied day tour. And those who find their polished piece of cream too good to dust it off on the gravel passages should follow the CLASSIC road book.

And why does the route lead across the Swabian Alb to Lake Constance? Because in spring there is nothing better than slipping in comfort through the often barren, godforsaken, but beautiful landscape of the Swabian Alb in order to enjoy the almost Mediterranean climate of the Lake Constance region and the fascinating view of the Alpine chain at the end of the day.

We went through the lonely Fehlatal to Veringenstadt at a moderate pace. From there, the CLASSIC troop made their way down sharp serpentines into the Schmeiental, a side valley of the rugged Danube valley between Tuttlingen and Sigmaringen. Low-traffic, amusing cornering pleasure was guaranteed here.


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Small but nice: Thomas Bischoff’s Oldtimer Museum in Mahlspuren im Tal, near Stockach / Bodensee, was the crowning glory of the 2011 MOTORRAD CLASSIC tour.

Logical, the highlights of a tour over the Swabian Alb could not be missing. The button maker rock, for example, for the lunch break, with a view of the Danube valley and Beuron monastery, or the winding ascent from Tiergarten to Stetten am kalten Markt. Fuel tanks were the order of the day there, and a local classic enthusiast recognized the troop as highly competent help in matters of youngtimers. His son had put a lot of effort into building a Yamaha RD 400, but now he had doubts about the rough vibrations and the metallic chirping of the engine. Whereupon the author and two-stroke specialist jumped on the Yamaha RD 400 and was able to give the all-clear after a test drive. “The vibrations in the footpegs are normal and the bright chirping from the cooling fins is nothing to worry about. The thing goes perfectly.” And so father and son screeched away satisfied with the Yamaha RD 400.

The tour company finally waved over a lively roller coaster in the direction of Hegau to their destination on Lake Constance. To share this moment with all driving enthusiasts, there is no more beautiful place than the Haldenhof near Sipplingen, located a good 200 meters above the lake and with a fantastic view over the Swiss Alps to the snow-covered Silvretta Group in the east. Even the classic clique from Albstadt, which is less than 80 kilometers away, was extremely enthusiastic about the coffee break over the lake. “Such a beautiful place on earth, hard to believe”, Wolfgang Breuling, who joined with his Horex Regina on the way, was off his socks.

It goes on, because Thomas is waiting. Thomas is called Bischoff with his surname, his main job is restoring old motorcycles at Oldtimer-Service Thomas Martin (www.oldtimer-service.com) and has set up a small museum over the years (www.oldtimer-museum-neumuhle.de). Old motorcycles in all variations, old cars, old radios – everything that no longer exists today.

But there were a lot of nice people with old machines who gathered at the museum. People who experience new things with their old treasures. Because they ride it, meet each other, have a beer, talk about motorbikes and laugh at the funny stories around them. You had a lot of fun that evening. Also about the electric collapse of the Suzuki Scracer.

So, and anyone who would like to sit down at the MOTORRAD CLASSIC regulars’ table in Mahlspuren in spring 2012 is welcome to do so. The date and all information about the next spring trip will be in MOTORRAD in good time
CLASSIC announced.

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