Another excellent foreign chap

[belfastguzzi]

Get me a plane ticket to this man, now!

Rembrandts pupil

in the Siebzigern hold RAF & CO the Federal Republic in breath.

who out of the order get, as terrorist suspect. _ exact in this time tinker itself TIG Heine a motorcycle together. _ fortunately not with wankel engine, otherwise be he guarantee in Knast land, or he be painter become

 

The employment was well prepared. It knew the twenty men strong anti-terror unit exactly on which it arrived. The job was harmless however not, finally applied it secured a nest of presumed bomb amateur handicraftsmen to make. Therefore also not for a long time one gefackelt. The door was occurred and with reproached MGs the dwelling stormed. Without grace the muzzle runs aimed at a langhaarigen, baertigen man, who straight with the soldering iron over a tangle of cables. The man was alone, nevertheless, the employment leader could be content - the raid was a full success! The room resembled a supplying depot for an illegal underground army. In the wild chaos gehaeuseteile, pieces of sheet metal, of levers, bars, pipes, screws, nuts/mothers, tool, cable, trafos, electrical appliances, oil, Rostloeser, adhesive lay and who otherwise still scatters white which on the soil. Nothing could be affected, can each instant the bomb to air fly. Long from the neighbourhood merry had here-run. They draengelten and schubsten, everyone wanted as the first to know, what was loose. Some children climbed courageously on the mauervorsprung and peeped by the window or he painters would have become curious

 

At all no fun the abendliche attendance made for the housing owner. It tried again and again to make the officials clear that he was neither terrorist nor a bomb farmer.

 

He would come from Kohl reason with Arolsen and into gel churches to the plant fitter would retrain here, insured the young man, and which would lie there on the soil, would be technical illustrative material. But that could finally state everyone.

At all no fun the abendliche attendance made for that it lasted an eternity, until the explosive experts moved forward. The boss, a totally cooler type, looked itself in the room again and got a laughter accumulation. Whether one wanted it verarschen and whether of the Mr. Kollegen ever had not seen a wankel engine from the inside, it roared into the area. The specialist than harmless motorcycle parts identified the other things.

Approximately three hours the Spuk in the summer 1977 had taken. For hard TIG Heine, by its friends only briefly Hatti mentioned, remains the anti-terror employment an unforgotten experience. But at that time was it evenly like that: Who carried long hair, a beard, an old, klapprigen Renault R4 drove, at different times from the house went, irregularly came home and perhaps also still heavy material had into the dwelling dragged, was dead certain a terrorist. And because this chap had been noticeable to the watchful neighbour already for some time, they had informed evenly the police - which is remainder well-known. Its re-education to the plant fitter was allowed to terminate the Kohlgrunder anyhow, and it had problems with the police since that time also never again. There is the divided wankel engine until today still, and the motorcycle parts are long screwed to its "Heine".

While the re-education in gel churches its chief instructor had permitted it the use of the training workshop after end of workday. Here Hatti could turn unimpaired, mills, bores, welds or which always he wanted. To house, on the parental farm in Kohl reason, there were not these possibilities. And, before he began 1976 the re-education in the Ruhrpott, he had nevertheless together-tinkered himself already his own motorcycle. A machine with water-cooled four-cylinder four-cycle double-piston engine and 900 ccm! But beautifully in sequence.

Hattis Bikerkarriere began more unspektakulaer. With 18 years it had made the driving licence, was for 1972 the first machine a BMW R25. To something larger one the money was not enough at that time. And if it had not come favorably to accident a damaged BMW R75/5, it certainly still with the 250er rumkutschieren. The R75/5 it brought for the season to 1974 on preceding endorser, and that plan for an extensive summer vacation had also soon go out-hit a corner. As a goal the north Hessian young farmer looked himself Turkey out. Only one problem gave to before still solve it. Hatti did not think the thermal load to the double-piston engine capable of. An additional oil-cooled system had thus ago. He procured himself from the scrap iron place a VOLKSWAGEN beetle oil cooler and an oil pump. It realized the drive simply: Out of tinplate it formed two small propellers, those, depending upon driving speed, the oil pump on trab brought. The oil circulation was just as simple.

Promotion and return pipe put Hatti simply into the opening of the dipstick, the oil pump installed it over the left cylinder, the oil cooler got its place over the right cylinder. The fact that the sechswoechige vacation travel without technical defect and problems went over the stage does not need to be specially stressed. After the trip immediately a new front tire was due. With the test run it happened then however: in a long-drawn-out curve the BMWS lubricated humans and machine over the front wheel away, slipped into a building site pit. The rider got over the takeoff God is thanks without wound, but the Stahlross was scrap iron ripe. From the dream of the Big Bike.

But not for Hatti. It concerned itself already for some time with the thought to build its own motorcycle. The idea for this came it 1973 with the elephant meeting on the Nuerburgring. It impressed by the exotic self-'s buildings, the so-called "mad birds" was deeply. In a bottom plate he discovered an Dreizylinder DKW engine, in another the double-piston engine of the Volkswagen beetle, and another tricycle was angefeuert by a Ford-V-4-Triebwerk. Completely individual motorcycles, powerful from quantity production a speech, were not machines with enormous torque and Bums from the cellar. Hatti decided for the Ford V-4 engine, a supplier knew it already. Hatti already knew the schrotthaendler in the neighboring place Mars mountain, and it lasted not for a long time, until it could fetch itself such an engine.But from the planned action nothing became. The engine was much too wuchtig and in addition also still much too heavy our young technical designer. Wurmte it however enormously, because in the spirit it had its machine already long finished. In order to be able to understand Hatti better, a note is permitted here. Hard TIG Heine had learned farmer, but if it concerned technical things, he was in his element. If there were something to repair in the agricultural vehicle park, father a fitter did not need to be to get. Hatti got each machine again for running. In addition it only a few key, special tools needed was not necessary. It could not be broken in again and again a trick, in order to solve problems, in accordance with the slogan "goes, does not give it". For outstanding ones the project may build itself a motorcycle appear rather naive, but not for Hatti under these circumstances. It had the most important tools, which he needed, finally, and that were its fantasy and his hands. Someone said times about it, gives it a few tin cans and it builds for you a flight machine...

An alternative to the Ford Triebling had soon found the pfiffige north Hessian. It was Lloyd Arabella engine. This engine was almost suited for the project: easily, narrowly, squarely, practically, and in addition still with four cylinders and 900 ccm. The Clou was however certainly the water cooling. Which motorcycle had already 1974 so a drive, Hondas GL1000 gold Wing became only in the autumn ' 74 on the IFMA presented.

 

The welder was found fast. The lower crossbars were extended by 120 mm, and in place of the upper original BMW crossbar a new 120 mm longer oval pipe was used, which was welded however well 70 mm below with the two shortened rear crossbars over the rocker storage. Without, be able finally the doing V man should paint the pipes the welding seams to examine, packed Hatti the construction in his R4 and dueste to Hanover. It experienced only here that Koester of the directors/conductors of the doing V inspection station was. With the framework under the arm it passed in review cord TRACKS at the receipt, by some offices, until it stood before the office door of the agency leader. It was correct. In the office of the doing V boss motorcycle photos hung some cups on the walls, on the shelf stood. One came directly to the thing. Koester examined the welding seams, regarded the frameworks expert from all sides, placed it on the head and returned it afterwards at Hatti. "without a view of the welder certification of my acquaintance to throw, which I had specially bring along, Koester me pressed the hand, congratulated to the successful execution and wished themselves for the further work much luck", remembers Hatti the doing V attendance at that time. The first hurdle was take for hard TIG gave it now no back more. Since the BMW chassis was after the Crash bent and inclined, the crossbars short hand with a bow saw were sawed. It had calculated that the framework would have to become approximately 12 centimeters longer, wanted it the Arabella engine to insert. Before it went however to the welding, it inquired for safety's sake with the doing V inspection station in Mars mountain, to which it had to pay attention. There one could say however nothing to him, referred him however at the motorcycle specialist Koester with the TUEV in Hanover. By telephone it received the advice to let the work implement from a welding specialist because it would already know on which it would arrive. And if it has the framework finished, he is to come to Hanover, then one became already further marriages. That was so simple.

Similarly as later the wankel engine - we remember the anti-terror employment - the Arabella engine in the dwelling up to last screw divide and examine. _ apart from the crankshaft be piston, zylinderlaufbahnen and cylinder head picobello in shot. _ the crankshaft send Hatti to repair to company Hoeckle. _ the fun should it 900 Mark cost. _ so that the thing meanwhile at home continue can, plug together it the engine mount without Innereien again together and break itself the head, how/as it now the transmission to the Arabella engine get can. _ consideration, the box with spacer or sturdy prop to engine fasten, fast again reject. _ which it need, be a spacer ring. _ and for this have it also a solution: _ it want the ring pour. _ have I its "blast furnace" not see and the casting at that time with my "camera" not photograph, I will the history never and never believe. _ in garden have it itself a small furnace brick, Mutters vacuum cleaner blow "backwards" air in the glow. _ it last not for a long time and the break into slosh as bubble sauce in tank. _

How one pours aluminum, he knew from a metal casting specialist. This told him also, he was to strew vorm Abschuetten a handful kitchen salt briefly into liquid aluminum. With this trick the pipes could be avoided when pouring off. The thing actually functioned, the solid ring blank needed now to be only worked on. And sweat cost. Via drill press and a supply ground drill the blank like a Swiss cheese on "measure" one brought. Points and edges schrubbte Hatti with a file off. Only as only a thin ring, which was still much too broad however, brought Hatti had remained the construction unit to an acquaintance, who possessed a turning lathe. In the Nu the aluminum ring on 20 mm of strength was turned off. With the same buddy the BMWS flywheel was adapted at the Arabella Kurbelwellenstumpf and all necessary holes was bored. The BMW transmission fit now perfectly to the flat-four, only the clutch expression manipulation had our agiler technical designer by 20 mm to extend. , sometime in the middle in the night, Hatti with its work came home. "it left naturally no peace to me and I had the engine immediately provisionally in the chassis to hang. It was deeply in the winter and me would be nearly the hands abgefroren, but when engine and transmissions sat in the framework, it was one instant at one time such as Christmas and New Year ", schwaermt Hatti still today from these Nacht-und nebula action.

The next problem was, where with the generator. Directly over the engine, where it normally sat at the Lloyd, unfortunately no more place was by the upper crossbar. All ideas to enumerate here, too far would lead, therefore we make it short, for Hatti bolted the generator on the BMW transmission. With the buddy with the turning lathe it let a groove in-sting into the flywheel for the drive belt guidance, and the necessary slot, for the execution of the belt, was sawed in the upper crankshaft housing. Afterwards this solution sounds itself simply, but until Hatti so far was, weeks passed. Long it did not need so much brain power for the assembly of the other Nebenaggregate. For the mixture preparation first Bing Gleichdruckvergaser of the BMW double-piston engine, the wasserkuehler provided got themselves it from the engine compartment scrapped Lloyd of a Arabella.

Over one year long it fiddled in each free minute with its motorcycle and screwed. The exhaust manifolds themselves bent, the seat together-tinkered and all cables for electrical system pulled. Simply any things buy and to the Bike screw, were not applicable for him not. First of all it did not have money for this fun, and secondly it wanted to finally build itself its motorcycle. Many used parts he got by friends given, which did not fit, so for a long time in makes taken, until it fit. That it did not pay attention thereby particularly to perfectionism, but functionality in the foreground, is important for it here to be mentioned. At the end of of 1975 took place first "roll out". The engine substantially more supply ran in the comparison to the BMW bMW-Boxer and brought substantially more Schmackes from the cellar. In addition, the handling felt noticeably differently. By the extension of the wheel base those had lost now only 207 kg heavy machine something at handiness, but believed one on a Ducati 750 SS to sit. The seating position lay in the comparison to the R75/5 well 80 mm below, one sat correctly in the motorcycle in it and because the Arabella engine was even somewhat more narrowly built to the BMW bMW-Boxer, there was no disadvantage regarding the inclination liberty.

  

Since it concerned now a self-'s building, the TUEV before the actual single acceptance of the "Heine" required an achievement and a phon measurement as well as the determination of the maximum speed. The certificate over 45 HP, 84 railways A and 157 km/h point smoothed the way to the doing V acceptance in Hanover, which the pure formality became. For this action Hatti approximately 2000 Marks became loose. All other costs can hardly be numbered against it, a given Gaul look one as well known not in the muzzle.

Since 1976 the "Heine" is now in enterprise. In this time numerous modifications were accomplished. After the Bing carburetors Hatti experimented with Volkswagen down-draft carburetors, and since 1990 29er Dellortos performs its service. Likewise from Italy von Ducati the tank installed now, the instrumentengehaeuse is made comes, the Innereien comes from Fiats and VDO. Larva in Japan is fork, front wheel and disc brake, the "Heine" 4-in-1-Anlage had before ten years the BMW bags to yield.

With Hatti also some changed vocationally. Since 1981 it is independent and settled in its metal processing enterprise of orders for the industry. Also the hobbies became more versatile. Beside singing, piano and guitar play paints he since center of the 90's. By heart and off, he, if he wanted, could sell its Mona Lisa for genuine and the night watch of rem Brandt is simply a sensation.

[g.forrest]

alas as a boy he only ever but played with himself.

[Guest Nogbad]

BFG:

 

Has anyone ever told you that Brevity is the soul of wit?

[belfastguzzi]

Brevity is the soul of wit?

Nogbad – you're such a lazy critic / reviewer / investigative journalist.

Besides: I can't help it if these foreign chappies are so long-winded. Thank your lucky stars that the piece wasn't written by a French academic!

[mike wilson]

Nogbad – you're such a lazy critic / reviewer / investigative journalist.

Besides: I can't help it if these foreign chappies are so long-winded. Thank your lucky stars that the piece wasn't written by a French academic!

 

Or, even worse, a Polish one.

[mdude]

Or, even worse, a Polish one.

 

hear hear, the polished ones are exceedingly longwinded

[John in Leeds]

I heard something very similar from Yoda at the Munich beer fest