Rheinhessen Rumble 2022

Rockin‘ 

Rhein-Main 

and beyond! 

Rheinhessen 

RUMBLE 

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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Rockin‘ Rhein-Main 

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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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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RIDE-IN BIKESHOW 

Powered by Custom Chrome Europe 


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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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Rockin‘ 

Rhein-Main 

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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and beyond! 

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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RUMBLE 

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! 


Powered by Custom Chrome Europe

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 



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 



1 FXST Bobber Chamoun Aziz 

2 70ies Style Chopper Patrick Lorenz 

3 Madonna Chopper Jochen Stephan 

Bagger/Touring Class 



1 Armageddon Gifty Z, Christoph Grimm 

2 Purple Haze Eugen Feldbusch 

3 Mexican Dream Stephan Adam 

Sportster Engine Class 



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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#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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#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! 



#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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COOL RIDES! 

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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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