Talking shop among like-minded people: Visitors came from all over the region to the classic car meeting of the boys' association. © Volker Camehn
The first moped classic car meeting of the Burschenverein has attracted many mechanics and enthusiasts to Brunnthal.
Brunnthal – If you screw, you believe. For example, the fact that rust is not an obstacle and age is also an opportunity. And that the elderly two-wheeler that you cherish and care for may even increase in value.
It's a moped classic car meeting in the "Feststadl" on Maurerweg in Brunnthal. The Burschenverein Brunnthal organized this here. The sextet "GrossStoana Buam" plays in the converted barn, lots of mopeds are parked in the back, and beer and roast rolls are available in front of the barn. "We had an event here yesterday anyway, the stage was set up, the gastronomy was up and running – so it would have been a shame to go to all the trouble just for one event," explains club boss Albert Hauser. That's why I added an appointment the next day: first cabaret, then motorcycle.
Premiere for the boys' club
The moped classic car meeting is a premiere for the boys' club, says Hauser, who himself owns a Simson Schwalbe, built in 1967. "But I didn't have time to prepare, maypole actions and so on..."
Three gears, manual transmission and twelve hp: this BMW R42 is a real collector's item. © Volker Camehn
Other classic car fans, however, had time. Almost 100 came, from Erding, Oberhaching but also from Neckarsulm and Nuremberg. Heiko Nanninga, for example, and his girlfriend have come from Miesbach. Nanninga, with short white hair, wears a rocker cowl ("Lone Star München"), he rides a 20-year-old Harley Davidson, worth about 10,000 euros, as he himself estimates. This is still comparatively cheap: The BMW R42 parked a few meters away, three gears, manual transmission and twelve hp easily brings its 60,000 euros among enthusiasts, rather more.
Big Harley-Davidson fan: Heiko Nanninga from Miesbach. © Volker Camehn
But this is not about capital investments and capital appreciation. Anyone who has come to Brunnthal with their two-wheeler wants to have fun, exchange experiences with like-minded people and talk shop about carburetors, transmissions and cardan shafts.
Her heart is attached to the old machines
The Zündapps, Moto Guzzis or NSU Quicklys presented here are all matters of the heart, often their care, the tinkering with them, is much more important than the driving itself. Everyone seems to agree on that. Sure, these machines have to be driven, but more so on weekends. Other people are passionate about model railroads. "Men's toys with an automatic grin" is what one visitor calls this two-wheeler passion.
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If it's not used, it breaks – people like Marcel Roggenhofer know that. The man from Brunnthal is here with his Moto Guzzi, built in 1961. Roggenhofer, owner of a total of nine machines of different ages, has been driving and screwing since he was 15 years old, he says. The car mechanic and vehicle technician bought the Moto Guzzi in 1992 in Rimini, Italy. "It was completely rusty, so I refurbished it in four weeks." After all, it was ready to run, so that Roggenhofer covered most of the Rimini - Brunnthal route on his new acquisition. "It was pretty exhausting. But beautiful!"
On his Moto Guzzi: Marcel Roggenhofer from Brunnthal. © Volker Camehn
The visual outlier of the event is Markus Traunsteiner's VW Beetle, built in 1965. "I found it 25 years ago in a barn, where it stood among all kinds of junk," he says. Traunsteiner has made it afloat again and, above all, lowered it. Of course - a VW Beetle is not a motorcycle. But the main thing is that they are classic cars.
First registration on July 1, 1961: Marcel Roggenhofers shows the registration document of his Moto Guzzi. © Volker Camehn
