Rheinhessen Rumble 2022

Rockin‘

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and beyond!

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May 6th - 8th 2022, “Nahetal Arena” at ClassicX

Landhaus & Hotel near Gensingen/Germany:

German top customizer Maniac MechaniX and

Nahetal-Arena rocked again! Custom Chrome

Europe added € 5.000,-- + price value on

Rheinhessen Rumble Ride-In Bikeshow and many

newcomers and privateers hit the top-positions!

A

lmost directly at the doorsteps

of Custom Chrome

Europes Warehouse

and Headquarter, it was

just natural that CCE joined

in as sponsor of the first

“Rheinhessen Rumble Ride In

Biks Show”. Perfect weather

and very cool bikes marked this

“season starter” for the 2022

bikeshow season in Germany.

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and beyond!

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irbrush Art and Bodypainting, here by Joerg-Art, are

just one of the interesting customizing features at

the Rheinhessen Rumble in Gensingen near Bingen/

Germany. Dutch exhaust manufacturer Dr. Jekill &

Mr. Hyde were among the new international entries at the

cool and exciting event, presenting the two M8-powered

Choppers be Harley Davidson Wuerzburg Village.



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and beyond!

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n three day, many cool Custombikes,

US-Cars and Hot Rods visited the event

at the Nahetal Arena, quite a number of

them parking outside the eventsite itself!

So the parking lot was always worth a visit

too! Parking lots had to be re-painted for

size just the day before the event, by order

of the City of Gensingen. Visiting by motorcycle

was always “on the safe side”, but

there are many parking locations in close

walking distance of the eventsite...



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and beyond!

C

hristian Denstedt and his wife Lisa

are taking much of the workload to

organize the Rheinhessen Rumble,

especially the dealer part of it.

Their shop “Maniac MechaniX” is located

directly in downtown Gensingen and

well-known for their spectacular and

“off the beaten path” Custombikes!



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SHOWTIME!

RIDE-IN BIKESHOW

Powered by Custom Chrome Europe

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and beyond!

T

rophy ceremony groupshot Saturday

afternoon following the first Rheinhessen

Rumble Ride-In Bikeshow powered by

Custom Chrome Europe. Great bikes,

many of them “garage-built” scored in the

competition, most got a studio shooting by

“Motographer” Horst Roesler...

#1 Bagger/Touring Class #1 Sportster Engine Class #1 Modified HD Class #1 Jammer Old School Class #1 Championship Class Ride-In section of the show



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A

much bigger music program did

entertain the crowds this year

all through the weekend! The

two “main acts” – Mytallica on

Friday, Ohrenfeind Saturday evening

did ask for an entry fee, everything else

was “free of charge” for the visiting

public – that’s quite something...

and beyond!

Mytallica Dougie & the blind Brothers Freakie hands out drinks! Mytallica The Kicks Ohrenfeind



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and beyond!

C

ustom services of all

types were present at the

Rheinhessen Rumble! No

matter if you were looking

for sheet metal work, pinstriping,

tattoo artists, airbrush or powder

coating, here you can find it

– and talk directly to the craftsmen!

Plus almost all important

custom motorcycle brandnames

showed up!



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and beyond!

All day traffic at the entrance to “Main Street” of the Nahetal Arena and Rheinhessen Rumble. The

eventsite is on a busy road between A-61/60 and Bad Kreuznach.

Following two years of

almost “no show” conditions

in Germany and pretty

much the rest of Europe,

a lot of events are “back in

force”, especally as all motorcycle

riders are “hot” to be

back on the road, back to

events and back to meet their

friends! Motorcycle riding

is a “all body” experience –

and so is visiting a motorycle

event! Following the first

October 2021 “test run”, the

“Rheinhessen Rumble” is

starting into difficult times,

as Germany’s federal and

state gouverments are trying

to re-educate and re-shape

economics and environmental

issues in a never before

seen manner. Biker events

will feel the impact too, as did

the “Rheinhessen Rumble” in

May 2022. A great start however

–and thanks to an experienced

team-up!

Cool Moose from Munich: leatherwork and more.

Pinstriping by Neil

At the “Mainstreet” of Rheinhessen Rumble,

Maniac MechaniX booth also serves as “event office”.



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There were times on Saturday when even parking a motorcycle became difficult. However, visitors

arriving on two wheels always foud a space left...

With their decade-long experience,

Maniac MechaniX has a long experience

not just with customizing,

but also with organizing their traditional

extensive “Summer Parties”,

traditionally held at the Rhine

river ferry port from Ingelheim to

Oestrich-Winkel. The connection

with ClassicX Landhaus & Hotel

eventsite, home of the Nahetal

Arena for concerts, allowed them

to go the next bigger step: The

“Rheinhessen Rumble” was born.

The October 2021 “testrun” did

end with success, despite the then

active Covid restrictions, so the

original envisioned “Spring opener”

date was set – and not just all

exhibitors re-booked but demand

for the event went wild! Planing

soon included a much bigger

music program, more booth space

and - Custom Chrome Europe’s

HQ just 5 km away - the return of

Somebody left his sign at the nights aftershow party...



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and beyond!

Austria’s BSL presented a lot of new bikes at the event!

Custom Chrome Europe’s Ride-

In type Bike Show, in this case as

part of the new event that had such

a promising start.

H H H

As “hot” as organizers and bikeshow

team went into planing,

exhibitors were equally exited to

meet their customers again in a

likely “after-Covid” environment

with little if any

restrictions and additional

“action” promised

by the extended program

and longer opening

hours of the event.

Again, many local motorcycle

shops, customizing

services, national

and even international

customizers followed the

call to the Nahe river –

and they did not regret it!

H H H

Friday opened with several

cool music performances,

highlighted by

“Mytallica”. No need to

explain who they tributed

to. With warm and great

weather all weekend,

the bikes started rolling

almost immediately after

the gates opened – and

so did registration and

ühotographing of already

present bikeshow competitors.

Nahetal Arena

and the exhibition area

on the parking of Hotel

and Restaurant are perfectly

suited to host the

event, but planning did

not go without problems.

Obviously, local authorities,

now out of “covidmode”

came out in force

to “enrich” the planing

with new restrictive

orders and regulations

– including to re-paint

the parking lot spaces

from 2.5 to 2.3 meters

width on Thursday. Not

to mention that half the

fire-brigades from the

surrounding towns stood guard to

watch the event and concerts in

case of whatever could happen.

Not really good news for any event

orgainzers in Germany, as safety

and security regulation paperwork

and permits chew up a lot of budget

money even before an event is

Entrance into the Nahetal Arena and more custom

service booths passing the Indian’s of SK-Bikes,

Bad Kreuznach biggest Motorcycle shop!

happening and maybe, just maybe

earning some money.

H H H

The Rheinhessen Rumble offers

a great mix of exhibitors, offering

something for everybody who is

interested in customizing and custombike

lifestyle: You can get a

haircut at the “Barberknecht”, several

Tattoo artists work all weekend

to ink the skin of the visitors – and

to encourage the visitors to use

the services: Show host Christian

Denstedt himself is using some of

them as the hectic event shedule

allows him to do so! This year he

had “Rheinhessen Rumble” tattoed

into a remaing space at his shoulder.

His comment: “We did it – and

that’s worth the tattoo to remember!”

H H H

Saturday was “Showtime” for the

Custom Chrome Europe team and

the first bike show since European

Bike Week 2019 in Faak. Prepared

for what ever was coming,

about 20 bikes had

already signed in online

– and more came riding

in Saturday until registration

closed at 3 pm.

Following all of “mainstreet”,

then passing

the food court into the

“Bike Show Arena”, regulations

asked to leave

a big space open for fire

trucks - and the local

firemen also did check

out the custombikes

themself! Dr. Jekill & Mr.

Hyde, Harley-Davidsn

Würzburg Village, Twin’s

Inn, Custom Corner were

among the competitors,

so about one third of the

bikes stayed in the particular

booth locations.

Austria’s BSL Exhaust,

Wunderkind, V-Team

handlebars, Parts

Europe/Drag Specialties,

were among the

“Newcomers” to the

Rumble, yet there

seemed a lot of space

available for additional

entries if it wasn’t for (do

we really have to state it

again?) regulations.

H H H

Saturday’s highlight was

the trophy ceremony for

the bike show in front of

the main stage, bringing

together all winning

bikes and their owners/

builders. Axel Scherer of

Custom Chrome Europe

handed out trophies and

CCE parts credit vouchers

to the winners before

German cult band “Ohrenfeind” hit

the stage. When the gates closed

Sunday afternoon, all looked back

to a busy and successful event –

and nothing ever happend...

Text: HRF; Fotos: Motographer



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Bike-Show Time

AGAIN!

Eugen Feldbusch, celebrating his 2nd place with “Purple Haze” in

the Bagger/Touring class with a huge burnout!

2nd in Modified Harley Checking out a future winner Double homebuilt!

SHOWTIME!

RIDE-IN BIKESHOW


The Custom Chrome Europe Team on Friday: Axel Scherer, Matthias Hirsch and Carsten Behrens.

Much of the display was custom-built the week before the event!

Yes, the Nahetal Arena was “rumbling”!

All weekend and busy with

bikers rolling in from all over the

Rhein-Main Basin and sometimes

beyond, the first “Rheinhessen

Rumble”, last year October issue

counting as “test-run” for the

envisioned spring date to kickstart

the season, certainly lived

up to its expectations, especially

on the quality of the outstanding

custombikes exhibited at the

3-day custombike and music event

at Gensingen, situated just in the

middle between Bad Kreuznach

and Bingen, where the Nahe river

meets the Rhine in one of the most

scenic landscapes of Germany.

X X X

The experienced “Custom Chrome

International Bike Show Series”

team was co-organizing the

Bikeshow, which – thanks to the

location – did integrate characteristics

of both “Ride-In” and

“Indoor” bike shows already

introduced at previous Custom

Chrome Europe events: While

“Ride In” competitors presented

their bikes Saturday, May 7th in the

scenic courtyard of the ClassicX

Landhaus & Hotel eventsite, cus-

tombikes of event-exhibitors

remained at their particular booths

all weekend: 28 custombikes

signed in, roughly a third of them

by present or exhibiting dealers,

the others privateers or arriving

for Saturdays “Showtime” with

an outstanding quality of exhibits!

As a matter of fact, many

trophies went to “garage-built”

custombikes who also presented

excellent craftsmanship! The Jury

had quite a hard time to judge the

bikes in the given time – and especially

the “Championship” class

saw a head-to-head finish until

the result was final: Mario Mueller

of Dr. Jekill & Mr. Hyde did win

the Championship class ahead

of Maniac MechaniX “Centurio”

and Harley-Davidson Würzburg

Village’s “La Muerta” Chopper,

this being Christoph Repps private

M8-powered high-neck chopper!

X X X

“Blechfee” Jochen Lehmann, who

also had a hand in the sheet-metal

work of “Centurio”, did win the

Modified Harley Class, followed

by a Street Bob origin custom

by Maniac MechaniX and “Black

Wolf” built by Sonnet Customs.

Surprisingly enough, almost all

other top prices in the classes

Bagger, Sportster Engine and

the busy Jammer Old School/

Chopper class went to “privateers”

who also presented excellent

custombikes! Christoph

“Gifty Z” Grimm’s “Armageddon”

had already won numerous trophies

and is again re-painted and

upgraded for the 2022 season. The

immaculate and super-detailed

1970 Ironhead Chopper of Fabian

Feldweber came all the way from

Linz/Austria, together with the BSL

team to introduce the “young gun”

from whom we certainly will hear

again! Reason to celebrate also

had Chamoun Aziz, who not just

built his 1996 Evo Softail Springer,

but also painted it! He also came

up against tough competition in

the Jammer Old School/Chopper

class, many of the other customs

coming very close behind

the three winners! Axel Scherer

handed over the trophies and

parts-vouchers to the winners at

the Saturday afternoon ceremony,

bringing together all placed bikes

and winners in front of the Nahetal

View onto the bikeshow: The “Ride-In” section of the show was situated in the rear of the Nahetal

Hotel along with CCE and BSL display.

Arena stage for a cool presentation.

X X X

“We were happy to have a

show again after such a long

break in the event scene”, stated

Matthias Hirsch, CCE Sales

& Marketing Manager, “to meet

the customizers, the builders

and even suppliers again were a

great pleasure!” CCE’s HQ and

Warehouse, just about 5 km away

from the eventsite, the CCE team

was present at the cool event too

– and Custom Chrome Europe premiered

the Bell helmet line and

custom-built bikes by Thunderbike

and Rick’s Motorcycles, with

Patrick “Rick” Knoerzer himself

being present at the event!

The CCE Bike Show team featuring Simone Willem.

Show organizers Christian

Denstedt of Maniac MechaniX

and ClassicX Landhaus & Hotel

were also pleased with the results

of the event and “the Show will

go on”! So its “back to Party”

and “Showtime” again in April

2022 – the date being set for April

28th-30th already. Let’s Rumble

again!

Guest: Patrick “Rick” Knoerzer



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The first “Rheinhessen Rumble” Bike Show saw a number of great non-Harley entries in the Jammer

Old School & Chopper class, as these XS 650 customs by Twin’s Inn prove!

View from the Custom Chrome Europe booth: Thunderbike and Rick’s Sportster S in front.

Despite the limitations by Gensingen authorities and keeping enough space for the fire brigade

emergency services, the bike show took place as planned...

...and in bright sunshine too! Dealer bikes meanwhile remained at the booth displays.



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THE RESULTS

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Championship Class

Place Bike Name

Owner/Builder Name

1 Dr. Jekill, M8 Chopper . Mario Müller, HD Würzburg Village

2 Centurio. Markus Merkel; Maniac MechaniX

3 La Muerta, M8 Chopper .Christoph Repp, HD Würzburg Village

Modified Harley Class

Place Bike Name

Owner/Builder Name

1 CVO Fat Boy Simon Ziegler/Blechfee

2 Street Bob Chopper .Thomas Toigo/ Maniac MechaniX

3 Black Wolf Cumhur Tasci/Sonnet Customs

Jammer Old School/Chopper Class

Place Bike Name

Owner/Builder Name

1 FXST Bobber Chamoun Aziz

2 70ies Style Chopper Patrick Lorenz

3 Madonna Chopper Jochen Stephan

Bagger/Touring Class

Place Bike Name

Owner/Builder Name

1 Armageddon Gifty Z, Christoph Grimm

2 Purple Haze Eugen Feldbusch

3 Mexican Dream Stephan Adam

Sportster Engine Class

Place Bike Name

Owner/Builder Name

1 1970 Ironhead Chopper .Fabian Feldweber (A)

2 Simply Unusual .Tom Maximowitsch/Custom Corner

THE PRICES: € 5.000,-- in Parts

1st

2nd

3rd

Trophy & € 500 Custom Chrome Europe Parts Voucher



€ 555

...is the total of bike show registration fees and

donations by entering participants that will be forwarded

to the “Förderverein für krebskranke Kinder

e.V. Köln” in Cologne/Germany, a society that is supporting

children with cancer.

As the established practice in Faak for years – registration

fee for each bike entered into the show was

€ 20,-- on arrival and entering the bike. This money

- as done after all Faak events at Arneitz Custom

Show - will be forwarded. Thanks to all participants

for entering the show and additional donations!

The Custom Chrome Europe Bike Show Team



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#2

Excellent sheet metal work and very individual styling

won “Centurio” 2nd place in the Championship class.

CHAMPIOSHIP

#3

HD-Wuerzburg’s “La Muerta” scored 3rd, but only

with 1 point difference!s

#1

Mario Mueller’s Milwauke Eight powered High Neck

Chopper, built by Harley-Davidson Wuerzburg Village.



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#2

Patrick Lorenz converted an 1999 Evo Softail into an

authentic 70’s style Chopper! Homework done!

JAMMER OLD SCHOOL

#1

#3

Chamoun Aziz built and painted this FXST-Evo based

Springer-Chopper all by himself!

Jochen Stephan and his very sophisticated

“Madonna” Shovel Chopper with unique parts.



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SHOWTIME!

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#2

Street Bob conversion by Maniac MechaniX for

Thomas Toigo with some radical modifications.

MODIFIED HD

#3

Cumhur Tasci and his Sonnet Customs modified

“Black Wolf” FXBB M8 Softail custombike.

#1

For his client Simon Ziegler, “Blechfee” Jochen

Lehmann converted a 2005 CVO “Fat Boy”.



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SHOWTIME!

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#2

“Purple Haze” of Eugen Feldbusch is based on a 2015

“Street Glide” - with some radical upgrades!

BAGGER/TOURING

#3

“Mexican Dream” by Stephan Adam scored

with massive “Day of the Dead” airbrush art

and other details.

#1

Super-radical with ever-changing details and paintjobs,

“Armageddon” is well-known in the scene!



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SHOWTIME!

RIDE-IN BIKESHOW


#2

SPORTSTER POWERD

#2

2nd place in the Sportster engine class for Tom

Maximowitsch 2006 Sportster by Custom Corner

#1

Newcomer from Linz/Austria: Fabian Feldweber’s outstanding

1970 “Ironhead” Chopper is all handcrafted.



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SHOWTIME!

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COOL RIDES!

I

n all classes, bikes did often

only miss the trophy ranks by

a few points! With Jammer Old

School/Chopper accounting for

the most entries there were interesting

bikes in all categoeries,

including a very high number of

“garage-built” projects and custombikes

that mirrored the individuality

of their riders. Thanks to

everybody participating!



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Of the many cool bikes entering the 2022 Ride-In Show, Wild Air Hoerby’s radical ride entered too late

to be judged by all judges - which certainly is a reason that it’s not among the winners.

Indian Chief,by Blechfee: Not in the bike show, but the Bodypainting by Joerg-Art needed a cool ride!

Twin’s Inn had several cool Yamaha XS 650 twins in the bikeshow! Most bikes were rolled into the

studio on Friday or Saturday, but some did miss the chance and will be shot elsewhere!

Siggi’s Rusty Bobber: Super-detailled “weathering & rust” paintjob by Schrammwerk!



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and beyond!

RUMBLE

AGAIN!

2023

April 28th-30th

www.Rheinhessenrumble.de

www.Custom-Chrome-Europe.com



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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: motographer@GMX.de

Horst Rösler, aka “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 freelance writer for custombike and motorcycle magazines worldwide he is

available as Freelance Photographer and Technical/Story Writer for your needs, what ever they may

be. His educational background with Dipl.-Ing. degrees in High Voltage/heavy current and Industrial

engineering and Job heritage as technical writer for German defence Industry allows him quickly to

explore new fields of work and organisation.

Catching the Spirit of motorcycling is the mission of „Motographer“ Horst Rösler since 1994 (if counting

his “early years”, since 1980...) – and promoting the riding of motorcycles and individual matters

of transport is a major part of it.

„Motographer“ Horst Rösler can be booked for your bike feature/event/service to grant maximum distribution

in all available media outlets that may report on your event – before and after “Showtime”

– and will provide you with the best-possible material to promote your events, be it a “Open House”,

Dealer Show, Ride with your clients, Biker Meet, or a “Mega Event” in which he may join a given team

to benefit the given mission. Or simply product and bike features. Check it out!

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