Category: 2017-2022
Enduro Park Hechlingen
Ride-out with colleagues Germany 42 km, 1 day, view track Hechlingen: That’s where you get the best smile to km ratio. Still surprised that we did almost 40 kilometers inside the park area, only leaving it for lunch. Huge. โ
Dolomites
Ride with Marcus and Sebastian Germany, Austria, Italy 1.120 km, 4 days, view track Finally found an opportunity to bring my best riding buddies Marcus and Sebastian together. Didn’t know back than that this started a tradition. Saying it with Willy Brandt “Now grows together what belongs together”… or maybe better with Anthony Kiedis: “Road…
Team ride-out Austria
Ride-out with colleagues Germany, Austria 699 km, 3 days, view track Had a workshop in Austria with international BMW Motorrad colleagues. As soon as the job was done during the day, we jumped back on the bikes. Still feeling honoured that our Thai colleague whose international motorcycle driving license was not valid yet joined me…
Northern Germany
Solo ride Germany 1.815 km, 4 days, view track Went to Northern Germany for the wedding of my good friends Marcus and Vanessa. Krabbenbrรถtchen (crab sandwiches) never taste as good as when arriving directly in the harbour with your motorcycle. โ
Team ride-out Slovenia
Ride-out with colleagues Germany, Austria, Slovenia 2.300 km, 4 days, view track Team ride-out in Slovenia with off-road focus. Bled is a beautiful place. And Samo is one of the best colleagues you can ever imagine. โ
Alps
Ride with Marcus and Alisa Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France 2.048 km, 6 days, view track Met with Marcus in Belfort (he came from London. Went through Switzerland and Silvretta Hochalpenstrasse to Northern Italy and did some classics there (Stelvio, Gavia, Tonale, Mendel, Fedaia, Valparola, Sella). Alisa rode the last part with us via Jaufen…
Wales
Ride with Marcus and Sebastian Germany, Belgium, France, UK 3.355 km, 7 days, view track And here we go again to the UK. Or Wales. Which clearly is not the same. Marcus, Sebastian and me were impressed by accurately cut green and flowers next to race tracks, not so well done motorcycle service with a…
Bavarian Forest
Ride with Alisa and Bernie Germany 381 km, 1 day, view track Short but beautiful daytrip with remarkable food and view at Wirtshaus Hafner in Perlesreuth. Always happy to find traditional restaurants with real hand-made regional dishes. โ
International Press Event Andalusia
Several short rides Spain 37 km, 1 day, view track My first international press event with BMW Motorrad Connectivity. Ample opportunity to talk to journalists on the first days as riding was close to impossible due to pouring rain. Colleagues from the press team advanced to expert meteorologists in finding dry slots in the rain…
Product Launch Training Sardinia
Several rides Italy 378 km, 3 days, view track First product launch training with BMW Motorrad Connectivity and getting into direct discussion with retailers from all over the world. โ
Lago di Garda
Ride with Alisa, Sabine and Theresa Germany, Austria, Italy 1.501 km, 5 days, view track A statistically very unlikely event: a motorcycle traveling gang with 3 girls and just 1 guy. Higher mountain passes still very cold at the and of April. Lots of snow. And some pigs. Normally I avoid Lago di Garda as…
Maritime Alps
Ride with Marcus and Sebastian Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Switzerland 2.927 km, 9 days, view track AKA “Frankreich ohne Regen”. Go to the Maritime Alps they said. It will be sunny there they said. True: In breaks between pouring rain we saw sun behind the fog sometimes ๐ โ
Milan International Press Event
Several rides Germany, Austria, Italy 991 km, 3 days, view track Second international press event for me with the C 400 X scooter and connectivity for urban navigation. Even after more than two years at BMW Motorrad I was still thrilled by the atmosphere amidst people working professionally on motorcycles (or scooters). Journalists are much…
Brittany
Solo ride Germany, France 2.992 km, 6 days, view track My sister and her family were spending their vacation in a summer cottage in Brittany with a spare room (=mine for a few days ๐). Brittany has an astondishing landscape and people, weather not so great for riding but still fine in summer. And nothing…
Strasbourg
Solo ride Germany, France 1.136 km, 4 days, view track Going to Strasbourg for a long weekend. Visiting Rothenburg ob der Tauber and Heidelberg, getting one of the best Dรถner Kebap in Mannheim and saw the Graduation Tower (Saline) in Bad Dรผrkheim as well as the German Wine Route. โ
Abbey Round Trip
Ride with Diego Germany 173 km, 1 day, view track Although only a short one-day trip, this one holds fond memories. Diego, a friend from Spain, came to visit with his family and we managed to find some time for a ride through the beautiful landscape around Lake Starnberg and Lake Ammer with snacks and…
South Tyrol
Ride with Alisa and David Germany, Austria, Italy 896 km, 3 days, view track Took some days off for a kind of classic ride through the Dolomites with Mendel Pass and Timmelsjoch. โ
Lugano
Solo ride Switzerland 583 km, 2 days, view track Last ride of the season. Tried (successfully) to find a bit of autumn sun in Ticino. And the old cobblestone road at St. Gotthard Pass is truly amazing each single time. โ
Piedmont and Provence
Solo ride Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland 2.962 km, 8 days, view track Yesyesyes! First ride with the Scrambler with real offroad segments. While the Unteralp in Switzerland near Andermatt was a very easy-to-ride gravel road, some parts of the TET in Northern Italy were much more difficult. My absolute highlight was the Alta Via del…
Maritime Alps
Ride with Marcus and Sebastian Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Switzerland 3.252 km, 8 days, view track AKA “Pommes fรผr alle”. About time!! After half failed or completely failed attempts in 2020 and 2021 due to personal circumstances, lockdowns, bad weather, bad karma or bad whatever the three of us urgently needed to hit the road…
Lausanne
Solo ride Switzerland 842 km, 2 days, view track While I drove quite quickly North of Zurich and Bern to Lake Geneva, I spent a relaxing time there and went for a round trip crossing Gurnigl Pass on the next day. Riding back to Winterthur, I passed Lake Lucerne, Grimsel and Furka Pass and wanted…
Black Forest
Solo ride Switzerland, Germany 308 km, 1 day, view track First trip with my new Swiss-Bavarian BMW R nineT Scrambler made by VTR Customs. Wonderful bike, but riding with off road tires on tarmac for the first time made me feel like a complete newbie again. Thanks to the winding roads in the Black Forest…
Grand Tour of Switzerland
Solo ride Switzerland 1.282 km, 7 days, view track Me wife and me found a new modus operandi when in Switzerland: She uses the comfortable and insanely punctual trains from SBB or the “Postauto” (Swiss bus network that goes everywhere. If the Swiss will ever get to the moon, they will do so with a…
Switzerland and Northern Italy
Ride with Marcus and Vanessa Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Italy 1.277 km, 5 days, view track First mid-pandemic tour where we faced ordinary challenges: Too hot, too long distances on some days and similar customary obstacles. In summary, I’m simply thankful for a few normal days on the bikes. โ
Maritime Alps
Ride with Marcus Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France 1.975 km, 5 days, view track We were young and naive. Ok, not that young and not fully naive. But still: as we tried to tour pandemic-shaken Europe to the Maritime Alps we thought we could make it. On the exact same day we drove into France,…
Team ride-out Bavaria
Ride with colleagues Germany 609 km, 2 days, view track As the same travel restrictions were still on during our annual team ride-out, at least we managed to two very nice days. My colleague Max found very attractive routes I partially didn’t know. Although I have been living quite nearby, it was my first trip…
Franconia
Ride with Marcus Germany 728 km, 3 days, view track AKA “Flachlandjochen”. Being confined to stay in Germany and being ordered by our company to take at least half of our annual vacation in the first half of the year, we thought: Let’s make the most out of it. Beginning was fine, I do not…
Bavarian Forest
Ride with Marcus Germany 406 km, 1 day, view track Oh boy, travel restrictions everywhere you look. So Bavarian Forest it is. Hmpfh. โ
Almerรญa International Press Event
Several rides Spain 212 km, 2 days, view track International press event for the new BMW F 900 R, F 900 XR and the S 1000 XR with the latest evolution of the BMW Motorrad Connected app. My job: Jump on one of the new bikes in the early morning, ride about 40 minutes to…
Northern Germany
Solo ride Germany 2.176 km, 6 days, view track About time for another round trip from South to North and back. Visited friends and Family in Hamburg and Lรผneburg via Essen (Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex is an absolute must-see!) and found out that a BMW R nineT Urban G/S is not the wisest choice…
Tour de Lรคndle
Solo ride Germany 702 km, 2 days, view track Visited my brother-in-law and his girl friend with friends and family in Stuttgart. Took the opportunity to visit the famous Blautopf (blue pot) spring in Blaubeuren. Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart planned by Mies van der Rohe is also impressive every time. I especially like the interior…
Team ride-out Austria
Ride with colleagues Germany, Austria 747 km, 3 days, view track Team ride-out to Austria. Couldn’t find photos and / or memories anywhere. Must have been good. โ
Apulia
Ride with Marcus and Sebastian Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Italy 4.053 km, 12 days, view track AKA “Bella Italia”. Sebastian, Marcus and me riding for a wedding to Apulia! Via Austria, Slovenia and Croatia (somewhat shortened due to rain) where we took the night ferry to Ancona. Then crossing Abruzzo and visited Campo Imperatore where…