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The editorial team’s two-wheelers: MOTORRAD test editor Thomas Schmieder and his treasures.

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The editorial team’s two-wheelers: MOTORRAD test editor Thomas Schmieder and his treasures.

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The editorial team’s two-wheelers: MOTORRAD test editor Thomas Schmieder and his treasures.

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Two-wheelers of the editorial team

The editorial team’s two-wheelers
Schmieders Yamaha XJ 900 N, Schwalbe and CB 900 F Bol d’Or

Tester Thomas Schmieder connects many experiences and stories with a Yamaha XJ 900 N. But his heart also beats for his three completely different two-wheelers.

Thomas Schmieder

09/01/2013

It was love at first sight. As it stood there at IFMA 1984, with its elegant curves, timeless shapes and four shiny chrome bends. I fell for her charm, her classic beauty immediately. I was only 17, still a student, and was waiting eagerly for the one-year driver’s license to come. But I had already found my dream motorcycle: The one launched exclusively for the German market for the 1985 season Yamaha XJ 900 N. Except that the time, or rather my wallet, was not yet ripe for us. Therefore, there were first of all only tangible brochures and test reports (I still have them today) from her.

Highly emotional affairs with SR 500 and XJ 650

And as a consolation, highly emotional affairs with a used SR 500 and later an XJ 650. In community service it was time to save some money, add a generous small credit from my father, and in May 1987 the Yamaha XJ 900 N and I finally got together. 20 years young, so I owned a real big bike, with a damn powerful 98 hp at the time. Man, what was I happy about. The only two-year-old 900 cost 6,000 marks. Heavily traded down because the previous owner had almost let it rot under a tarpaulin. Anyway, I could handle paintwork and chrome polish, and I was not yet familiar with lack of time. In addition, there were already plenty of good used parts from the disguised sister XJ 900 F..

After weeks of freshening up, of removing rust from every screw, the “Icks-Jott” stood beaming in front of me. My third Yamaha with a huge 200 millimeter round headlight. Unforgettable trips and experiences with the undisguised tourer followed. For example, the first trip with the girlfriend on the back from the Ruhr area to Munich. Or the visit to friend Peter’s in Sweden in the summer of 1988, followed by a return trip through the GDR – which western motorcyclists were not officially allowed to enter. Including refueling with a two-stroke mixture after a fuel breakdown and a visit to relatives in Dresden. There the 50 centimeter narrow four-cylinder was a sensation back then.

What excited me from the start? How the indestructible heart beats in time with solid Japanese mechanical engineering. Casual and serene. Such engines made Nippon great. In the case of the XJ with only two valves per cylinder, but two overhead camshafts and reliable bucket tappets. Nevertheless, I parted with the 900 in 1989. I would have to cut back on my studies, I thought. A serious mistake. Because the following liaison with a cheap Suzuki GR 650 was unfortunate. This soft chopper twin had too many defects and insufficient touring suitability. So in the summer of 1990 I got number two with the XJ 900 N, again in black and burgundy. I stayed loyal to him for a long time, more than a decade. But at some point I let her run away with a work colleague. After all, Tom was in the XJ community of interests, a real lover.

They should bury me with the Yamaha XJ 900 N.!

Various triumph triples followed for me; Sprint RS 955, Speed ​​Triple and currently a Sprint ST 1050. With her, an ex-MOTORRAD endurance test bike, I was on Corsica and on the Nordschleife, in Spa-Francorchamps and in the Ukraine at the Chernobyl reactor.

More love affairs followed: With the beautifully painted Honda CB 900 F Bol d’Or, I was in the Thundersprint in England, a crazy 400-meter sprint race, at the Bikers ’Classics and went to a shock absorber test. About my perfect
I stumbled upon the restored Simson swallow while doing a report on the former Simson factory premises in Suhl. she stood
in the former exhibition pavilion of the socialist combine, less than 100 meters from the former production lines
removed. My swallow is a 1986 model, one of the last of over ten million units built. Maximum driving fun from 50 cubic centimeters!

No, I will definitely not give up these last three mopeds anymore. And my meanwhile third Yamaha XJ 900 N certainly not. One day they should bury me with her. As a sign of great love.

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