Well, did you recognize the moped in this murky photo? It took me a little while, but then the memory came up again. This is the Kawasaki of Jim Goose, the best friend of Max Rockatansky, better known by his nickname "Mad Max". In the action film of the same name (from 1979! Man, what did I get old...) Goose played a police officer who is killed by a rocker gang after a provocative accident - after which Mad Max spends the next 75 minutes of film to avenge his friend.

The Bremen Classic Motorshow can't compete with the competition in Essen (Techno Classica) in terms of size, but the first trade fair of the season convinces every Year in February with its really outstanding special shows and above all with the fact that it is also interesting for motorcyclists. For a rather small trade fair, the effort to organize three special shows is to be evaluated very positively.

The special show, which shows the Kawasaki, was actually about V8 film cars, which are therefore mostly from the USA. Whether Bluesmobile, the Ford Falcon from "Mad Max", K.I.T.T. from "Knight Rider" or "Christine" from the horror film of the same name by Stephan King - none of them was real in the sense that it was really used in the film, but the very loving replicas were great to watch.

The show was organized with the help of Grip presenter Helge Thomsen, an apparently hard-nosed Mad Max fan. It includes not only the replica of this MFP motorcycle (Main Force Patrol), but also the black Ford Falcon behind it. Creating the MFP replica was comparatively easy. After the Z 1000 was concerned, the full cladding could be ordered in Australia by catalog. However, the hump at the rear is a self-made one.

Another special in Bremen concerned US bikes. As you know, these are different: heavy, long, bullish and chrome-flashing, they appear in our imagination. But are these machines really like that, or are we just impeaching ourselves? The approximately two dozen character bikes of the motorcycle special show revealed the diversity of the American motorcycle industry of the 20th century. In addition to exhibits from the two major and influential brands Harley-Davidson and Indian, machines from other manufacturers, which are little known in this country, illustrated the "century of coolness" – this is the title of the special show.

Next year again? But of course!