Author: frank

  • Fuji XT2 filmsimulations for CaptureOne 11

    I am using CaptureOne for my photo management and editing needs. One of the things I miss from Lightroom are the easy available film simulations for the XT2. In CaptureOne you can achieve the same by using ICC profiles. Some of the great members in the community created profiles to simulate the film effects, and…

  • A weekend in the Swiss Alps

    The weekend 14.10-15.10.2017 was a beautiful weekend over most of Europe. Christoph, a friend of mine from Berlin happened to be in Bozen, Italy for 2 weeks, and we decided beforehand that if the weather holds, we meet in Switzerland and tour a bit.As I just came back from Spain with the R1200RT, I decided…

  • The road taken

    The day after the company offsite, I needed to go back to Zurich. I started at 8:30 in the morning and decided that I wanted to get at least past Barcelona into France, due to the political situation in Catalonien, I did not consider it a good idea to stay there overnight. It was a…

  • 4.10.2017 – Jerez

    I was primarily looking for a destination, on my last day of riding in Spain. Jerez de la Frontera was the right distance, the right direction and the roads let again through the beautiful Parque Natural los Alcornocales. The C-3331 did not disappoint, it was a windy road with lot‘s of great views. Only disadvantage…

  • 3.10.2017 – Cordoba

    I got up early, at around 6:30, got breakfast as soon as the hotel allowed, and was on the road shortly after 8:00. It was another beautiful day, temperatures between 20C in the mornings and 32C in the afternoon in the City of Cordoba. To get there, I decided to take the „autopista“ on the…

  • 2.10.2017 – The mountains around Marbella

    I spend the last 2 days riding a good 24 hours, 2200km. Now, I am finally here, the weather is beautiful, the hotel luxurious. So I do whatever sane person would do, I have breakfast, put my gear on, and head into the mountains, for a quick 3 hour ride. The tour touches the Parque…

  • The road to Marbella

    30.9.2017 Zurich to Sitges I start later in the morning, as I love to have breakfast with my wife, and we got talking, and at the end it was 9:40 before I hit the road. Originally I wanted to travel today to Martao, a town close west to Barcelona. That‘s a bit over 1000km, and…

  • The distinguished Gentlemen Ride, Zurich, 2017

    Today was the 2017 “The distinguished Gentlemen Ride”, an annual worldwide event that tries to raise awareness for Men’s serious killers: Cancer and suicide. The event was a big success, raising more than 4Million Dollar worldwide, with 500 riders participating here in Zurich alone. This was the biggest convoi I ever have participated in, it…

  • Touring the passes over the national holiday

    Tomorrow I finally have 2 days of time and the weather is supposed to be nice. So I decided to combine 2 hobbies of mine: Astrophotography and touring this beautiful country.  I will ride to Grimselpass (not the straight way: Klausenpass and Sustenpass are on the way, if you are willing to waste some time)…

  • Sustenpass, another pass around the block

    The Sustenpass is the number one rated motorcycle pass (by a popular German motorcycle magazine, (MotorradOnline) in Switzerland. Going there again, from my new home, takes a good hour to the start of the pass. Around 10km before the pass start, I have a short pitstop, at a Gasstation/Fastfood chain, which accidentally is the same…