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- Interview with the actor Hannes Jaenicke Jaenicke on his love for motorcycles and the environment
- Vita: Hannes Jaenicke
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Hannes Jaenicke: He thinks globally, buys regionally and works internationally and drives emotionally.
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Hannes Jaenicke: He thinks globally, buys regionally and works internationally and drives emotionally.
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Hannes Jaenicke: He thinks globally, buys regionally and works internationally and drives emotionally.
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Hannes Jaenicke: He thinks globally, buys regionally and works internationally and drives emotionally.
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The actor Hannes Jaenicke impresses with committed film documentaries on nature conservation. But he is also an avid motorcyclist.
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Hannes Jaenicke: He thinks globally, buys regionally and works internationally and drives emotionally.
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Why else did he buy his BMW K 1300 R a couple of suitcases for??
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that he prefers to go shopping by bike or motorcycle.
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… and reveals us in his living room, …
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The passionate motorcyclist has been a vegetarian since 1980 …
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People are what they eat: If possible, Hannes Jaenicke buys groceries in the organic shop around the corner.
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Beitzerstolz: The actor shows cell phone photos of his Guzzis in California in his apartment in Bavaria.
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Hannes Jaenicke: He thinks globally, buys regionally and works internationally and drives emotionally.
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Interview: Hannes Jaenicke
Interview with the actor Hannes Jaenicke
Jaenicke on his love for motorcycles and the environment
He thinks globally, buys regionally, works internationally and drives emotionally: the actor Hannes Jaenicke impresses with committed film documentaries on nature conservation. But he is also an avid motorcyclist.
Thomas Schmieder
04/10/2013
A cloudy day in Utting am Ammersee. MOTORRAD editor Thomas Schmieder (with motorcycle) and photographer Johannes Rodach (with lots of photo equipment in the car) meet at Hannes Jaenicke’s house. A BMW K 1300 R is parked in front of it. The cosmopolitan actor asks the photographer: “You don’t drive a motorcycle? That is a failure. ”Inside, wood and warm orange tones dominate, with“ Free Tibet ”prayer flags hanging:“ This is a genocide that China is perpetrating on this people, they are exterminating an entire culture, ”complains the 52-year-old. There is Transfair organic coffee, organic cigarettes and lots of insights: “The only films of mine that you absolutely should have seen are my environmental films!” You say goodbye, as is customary among motorcyclists. Later, when the rain gives way, a motorcycle goes to “Germany’s oldest organic shop”. Hannes Jaenicke casually wears jeans, a cool jacket, a carbon jet helmet and no gloves. He drives well, remains confident and calm even on gravel.
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People know you as an actor and a conservationist. But also as a motorcyclist?
Jaenicke: I make no secret of the fact that I am a biker. The photographer Jim Rakete took pictures of me on motorcycles 20 years ago. I don’t have my own car at my main residence in California. There I drive 30 miles, around 50 kilometers, on my motorcycle every day.
What does it mean to you to ride a motorcycle??
Jaenicke: It’s the most exciting way to get around! Trick or not, I enjoy this feeling of freedom. There is no other vehicle that makes you feel so free so quickly. At most on a really fast sailing boat. When riding a motorcycle, it’s great that you smell everything. The scent of freshly mown hay or flowering plants. I love that, especially with my helmet open. I have always been fascinated by motorcycles. As a five-year-old I pressed my nose against the windshield in my father’s VW Beetle when a motorcycle overtook us. And a short time later “Easy Rider” was filmed, the ultimate statement against philistinism.
How did you get into motorcycling??
Jaenicke: When I was 16, I had a Kreidler moped that openly went to speedometer 80, completely illegal. It was also forbidden that I was already gaining my first driving experience with a 550 Suzuki. When I was 18, I got a 125cc Zundapp, and later I officially bought the GSX 550. Then came a few other things, a 900 Ducati Monster for example. But it was too small for my 1.80 meters. I’ve also ridden Hondas and Yamahas, like an 1100 Virago. To this day, I consider Honda to be the leader in durability. My Springer Harley got me a lot of trouble. It was in the workshop a lot, more like a Sunday afternoon bike for older men.
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Jaenicke live in action with his BMW K 1300 R.
What do you think of other motorcycle brands?
Jaenicke: Today there are an incredible number of good motorcycles! I’m happy that Triumph is back, they build great machines. I think a Speed Triple, Rocket III or Daytona 675 is extremely funky. Something went radically wrong with the British in the 1960s and 1970s. Because Norton, BSA and all the others were originally great brands. My favorite classic is a Honda CB 750 Four: At the beginning of the 1970s, when everything was so ugly, this beautiful motorcycle came onto the planet – and it was cool and suitable for everyday use right from the start!
And your current dream motorcycle?
Jaenicke: It’s parked in front of the door, my BMW K 1300 R. The black one out there is already my third, after a K 1200 R and an orange 1300. This model is something very special, I don’t know of any other sporty motorcycle that can be moved like this. With the long wheelbase, it lies great on the road and is still handy. This is where cardan, power and low fuel consumption come together. And the design is a work of art for me. A great look!
And what do you use your BMW for, for tours?
Jaenicke: No, for me the motorcycle is a means of transport. I take my K to the cutting room in Munich: it takes me 20 to 25 minutes on a motorcycle and 35 to 40 minutes by car. That is half an hour of gain in life every day. Having to move around can also be fun! Why should I circle the block seven times with my car looking for a parking space in Schwabing and then collect a 30-euro ticket? It is of no use that my diesel consumes little, it is also stuck in a traffic jam.
So you want a renaissance of the motorcycle as an everyday vehicle?
Jaenicke: Yes! I would like to see a lot more motorcyclists in daily use. As a mere hobby, the motorcycle is far too good. A lot of traffic jams in the cities would be gone if there were more two-wheelers. Scooters are a great idea in big cities. The BMW C1 cage scooter marked modern two-wheel mobility: a real stroke of genius, driving in a suit without a helmet. The concept just came too early. Today a C1 with an electric motor could be the hit. It would be great if we had highly efficient electric motorcycles in ten years.
Do you meander through traffic jams?
Jaenicke: Yes, I drive carefully through the middle or right past. This is officially allowed in California. There are special lanes only for cars with at least two passengers – or for motorcycles. In the USA motorcycle sales are rising again – since petrol has also become more expensive there, up to four dollars per gallon (about 83 euro cents per liter, ed.). That shows that there is potential to get around economically on two wheels.
With a 173 hp K 1300 R?
Jaenicke: Exactly. Because it can also be driven with four or five liters. I don’t heat like a madman, just enjoy how powerful the four-cylinder comes from below, with 1,800 tours around the city. But if you turn it – how it works …
Do you fill up with the so-called bio-fuel E10, which has been available for around two years?
Jaenicke: No! It is the wrong way to cut down tropical rainforests and then to grow palm oil for “bio-fuel”. This increases the hunger problem, is harmful to the climate and ecologically a catastrophe. In Malaysia and Indonesia only palm oil is grown. And this is exactly where the last orangutans are disappearing because we are irrevocably destroying their habitat.
What are you driving in the USA?
Jaenicke: I only move there with my two old Guzzis. When I came to the United States in 1985, I bought my first California. It was called “El Dorado” there, a former police motorcycle that comes from what is probably the best Guzzi screwdriver in the world, Moto Guzzi Classics in Long Beach. The owner is crazy, his machines hold up well. And my 99 Guzzi runs like a tractor. There was never anything to it. Except for a cable fire. Can happen after 30,000 miles at 40 degrees in the shade. Guzzis have style, it’s a cult brand. It’s wonderful how the V2 engines roar. Only the chassis are still at the level of the 70s, not particularly great in corners. By the way, Nicolas Cage is also a Guzzi fan, his is bright green.
And your most beautiful motorcycle experiences?
Jaenicke: There were many. For me, the USA is the best motorcycle country in the world. This endless expanse on well-developed and yet empty dream roads. There are so many incredibly beautiful states, California, Montana, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico. This mixture of mountains and desert, with the fantastic national parks. Going up the west coast once is a dream. I once rode a Harley through the Yukon in Canada on the little Jack London route, probably the most beautiful motorcycle route in the world.
And outside of North America?
Jaenicke: About the Hurtigruten in Norway with a Honda Magna 750, the V4 chopper, that was fantastic. Again and again down from the ship and then through the fjords to the Lofoten. North Africa is so beautiful that you can go crazy, especially Morocco. It was wonderful to drive through Niger in a rental GS. However, I am not a really experienced off-road driver. The R 1200 GS is actually too high for me when standing – my legs are too short for them. I’ve been on the road a lot in Australia. But there are also huge corners where I’ve never been, all of South America, for example.
Have you ever had a motorcycle accident??
Jaenicke: Yes, 15 years ago in the US. A pedestrian ran in front of my front wheel. That’s it, you or me? I then laid the machine on the side by overbraking at the back like on the speedway and the old lady got away safely.
You drive in very light clothes today.
Jaenicke: I don’t have to sweat in the summer. I probably brought this habit with me from California: In the USA, many guys ride their “crotch rockets” – lap rockets, hot Japanese super athletes there – in T-shirts, shorts and flip flops. At over 30 degrees I do the same thing.
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People are what they eat: If possible, Hannes Jaenicke buys groceries in the organic shop.
Do you think electromobility will catch on??
Jaenicke: I think electric cars are much more developed than we all think. But the oil lobby and the German car manufacturers are dragging it off. It’s like the energy transition to cleaner electricity: It is good to pay for, but the middle class and the common people pay the exceptions of the electricity-guzzling big industry.
You shot a lot of animal documentaries. Which species particularly impressed you??
Jaenicke: I like all animals. But this unbelievable elegance with which sharks swim, that fascinates me especially. They have been enriching the oceans for 500 million years and are much longer than humans in the world. And they play such a big role as health police, attacking sick and weak animals. But six sharks are killed by us every second, 200 million a year – out of lust to kill the supposed “killers”, as useless bycatch or for the damn shark fin soup: You cut off the fins of the animals while they are alive and then throw away the doomed bodies agonizing death back into the sea.
You are committed to the environment, but at the same time you are a frequent flyer. How does that fit together??
Jaenicke: Yes, the film business, with its shoots on different continents, is not an environmentally friendly industry. I try to choose economical, efficient airlines and with documentaries we take care of CO2 compensation for the team. We apologize to ‘My Climate’ or ‘Atmosfair’ and support two reforestation projects, such as Fans for Nature. In Indonesia, five football fields in tropical rainforest are cleared every minute, in the Amazon three to four. And on the ecologically unique island of Madagascar, 95 percent has already been deforested …
Vita: Hannes Jaenicke
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Proud of ownership: The actor shows photos of his Guzzis in California in his apartment in Bavaria.
Hannes Jaenicke was born on February 26, 1960 in Frankfurt / Main. He spent his childhood in Pittsburgh / USA, his school days up to high school in Regensburg, East Bavaria, where his father worked as a biology professor at the university. Jaenicke completed his training in acting, singing and dance in Vienna and London. Engagements in Vienna, Bonn, Cologne, Berlin and Salzburg followed. In 1984 the elevator thriller “Downward” brought him his film breakthrough. In addition to his work as a TV actor, Jaenicke is a speaker for audio books and screenwriter. His title role in the crime series “Sardsch” was awarded the Adolf Grimme Prize.
Hannes Jaenicke is divorced and has no children. His hobbies are sailing, surfing and kite surfing. He has residences in California and on Lake Ammer. Jaenicke is committed to animal and environmental protection. In cooperation with ZDF he made documentaries about the life of endangered animal species such as orangutans, polar bears and sharks. He also supports human rights organizations such as the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), the Christoffel Blindenmission (CBM) and Amnesty International. More about this in his photo blog on the Internet
www.wut-allein-reich-nicht.de
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