THE MotorProsa thing: Portraits of dream roads. My stories about the most beautiful mountain pass roads are regularly published in the german magazine MOTORRAD.
I learned to ride a motorcycle on the Stelvio Pass. Over 30 years ago, I steered into one of the 48 famous hairpin bends for the first time – on a motorcycle that was basically unsuitable for it. Since then, riding Alpine passes has become the essence of motorcycling for me. What is the attraction of … Read more
Whilst driving through the Lower Engadine, Goethe came to mind: ‘Do you want to ramble on and on? Look, the good is so close.’ Less than an hour from home, the Lower Engadine offers wonderful landscapes, dream roads and enchanted places for connoisseurs. Would you like to join me on this journey? My home town … Read more
Visiting the Manghen was a first for me in more ways: it was the first time I’d ridden a BMW GS off-road and the first time I’d ridden a GS at all. But there’s more.
Autumn is giving way, inexorably. A few days before the winter closure, I take the Road King out on the Stelvio.
The Nufenen is a pass of cultural and linguistic contrasts. Its height makes it unique in Switzerland.
Portrait of the marvellous Passo di Giau in the Belluno Dolomites. Uli and I were out and about again with camera and pen.
The Col d’Izoard: I rode it many years ago on a Harley-Davidson as part of an extremely speedy tour group, bringing back only a single photo – and no memories. That’s different now.
The Col du Galibier – we visited this French giant in summer 2022. An impressive landscape experience.
