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Following our recomendation, everybody was very happy to camp at Glemseck this year.
Advantages being that the campsite is just a stones throw from the show ground and the atmosphere is second to none, making it all part of the fun.
Here is how the campsite looked on Friday afternoon when we arrived.
As we had riden from Strasbourg that day to first visit the Porsche museum which is just 30 minutes away, Brigitte brought all our camping gear in THE CRANKCASE, van, which made the whole organisation even more luxurious.
Riders from all over Europe checking into the camping site.
The Glemseck 101 hotel which organises a lot of the weekends event also provides a superb breakfast service as well as meals and drinks service not just for the Glemseck weekend but all through the year.
A sweet display by Tridays.
A couple of 'real' rocker cafe racers being these 2 Norton Dominators.
The Ayrton Senna Moto Guzzi tribute bike displayed on the Walz Hardcore stand. Marcus Walz is concentrating much more on Cafe styled bikes recently based on Ducati, Guzzi and Triumph.
The Unique Cycle Work Triumph Arrabbiata, which was undoubtedly one of the most fascinating and beautifully made bikes to be seen the weekend.
Great looking Triumph Cafe on the Free Spirits stand.
Even a 'period' looking Triumph hardtail chopper fits in well to the Glemseck style
Reminds me of Steve McQueen and Bud Ekins . . 
Nice Rickman Triumph with the early 'internal' Lockheed front brake disc. I seem to remember having one of these a long time ago . . 
Beautifully presented Triumph Trident cafe.
And Rickman Kawasaki.
One of a couple of classic 4 cylinder MV Agustas at the event.
Personally modified Münch Mammut.
The engine has been illustrated on the side of the fairing just in case there are any doubts.
A stunning Egli Kawasaki,
I love that oil cooler.
Brilliantly modified Honda CBX1000 in the style of the RC racers.
Complete with 6 into 6 megaphones, glorious !
The Premium Motorrad stand as always with an impressive line up.
CLICK HERE to the see their website, always worth a look at their offers, unfortunately only in German though.
Here's someone that we met a couple of years ago here. Dave brought his TT participating (1972 and 1973) 1961 Manx Norton 30M over from the UK to make a couple of demonstration runs on the sprint track.
Dave can expalin every detail of the bike with which he recieved a silver replica at the TT and achieved over 128mph top speed !
The bike is a joy to see, made all the more important that Dave has raced it and cared for it for nearly 50 years.
Delicate Rickman framed Aermacchi racer.
Nice idea from local customising shop: Schlachtwerk, this Ducati Monster based Scrambler style !
One of Schlachtwerks' other bikes at the show with which Tomas won the Cafe racer sprint on Saturday, which is not bad considering the competition.
CLICK HERE to see Schlachtwerk on Facebook
This one you have surely seen before, but great to get up close to see the fine detailing.
How about a Harley V rod swingarm used for the front fork !
The run up to the International sprint, as all 32 competitors are briefly introduced to the spectators, here, Mark Wilsmore from the Ace Cafe on the Starbridge racer.
Per Nielsen from the Wrenchmonkees with his Yamaha XJR1300 'Monkeefist'.
Babila from the Bikes & Glamour blog with her 1470cc Harley Sportster 'Thunderstorm 90'
Babila together with Vincenzo Innella on the Unique Cycle Work 'La Permalosa' Ducati Sport..
Uli Breé from Tridays with the Triumph 'T14' also built by Unique Cycle Work, bringing the family back to the sprint start line.
Ex Grand Prix racer, Katja Poensgen finally got 3rd place in the International sprints on the Walzwerk 'Nolan Cafe Racer' Ducati Sport.
Marcus Walz with the 'Lesmo' Ducati Monster.
Sylvain Berneron getting the jump with his Suzuki GSX1200 'Tzar', as the sprints start to get really competitive.
Sylvain, this time up against Gary Inman of Sideburn magazine on his Suzuki 'Black Arrow'.
Jochen Schmidtz-Linkweiler, 'doc',from the LSL tuning company getting the front wheel up on the Horex VR6 Cafe racer.
IDM Superbike champion, Markus Reiterberger on the Edelweiss BMW 'Nine-T-One' keeping ahead of Marcus Walz.
Katja Poensgen up against 3rd place man from 2013, Janne Kosonen on another Ducati Monster 1100.
Katjas' vistory salute for her hard fought 3rd place, behind Sylvain Berneron and Markus Reiterberge in 2nd.
Guy Martin sadly missed the International sprint as his ferry over from the UK was late.
Which means, his Martek Turbo Suzuki can stay in the van until the show runs later on . .
Only too happy to help, Guy.
Guy did also manage 2nd place in the Classic Racer sprints on a Suzuki Katana kindly loaned to him by the German Katana club.
The show ground with plenty of space to relax.
The Ape Men from the UK started the evening stage show.
Followed by Johny Trouble, just 2 of 5 bands over the weekend.
Just find a nice spot to sit back and enjoy the evening, such as the Triumph beach.
As the evening goes on into the night.