{"id":19,"date":"2009-01-06T19:32:30","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T23:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/?p=19"},"modified":"2010-03-16T18:11:22","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T22:11:22","slug":"gilbert-piccard-in-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/gilbert-piccard-in-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilbert Piccard &#8211; links to trip information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal<\/w:View> <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning \/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas \/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables \/> <w:SnapToGridInCell \/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct \/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules \/> <w:DontGrowAutofit \/> <\/w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel> <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\"> <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><span class=\"mceItemObject\"   classid=\"clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D\" id=ieooui><\/span>\n<mce:style><!  st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } --><\/p>\n<p><!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Last year I had been researching throttle locks for my F650 GS before going on a trip to Mexico and had run across mention of a Tilt Cruise made by a man who lived in Montreal, Quebec.\u00a0 I contacted Gilbert Piccard and he sent one of his throttle locks that I installed before leaving on the Mexico trip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">If you own a BMW I would recommend you check to see if he makes one for your motorcycle. As a fairly new rider I felt it was critical to get a lock that was extremely easy to turn on and off. The Tilt cruise is easy to use and looks great on my F650. Contact me if you would like Gilbert&#8217;s email.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-19 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/installed_off.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/installed_off-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/installed_off-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/installed_off.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/installed_on.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/installed_on-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/installed_on-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/installed_on.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Gilbert and I have become long distance friends. He was born in Switzerland, almost moved to the United States, but ended up in Canada. He\u2019s been riding motorcycles since he was a young man in Switzerland and is very knowledgeable about BMW\u2019s. When I was having stalling problems with my F650 he contacted an expert mechanic friend in Germany and got information to help me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal<\/w:View> <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning \/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas \/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables \/> <w:SnapToGridInCell \/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct \/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules \/> <w:DontGrowAutofit \/> <\/w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel> <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\"> <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><span class=\"mceItemObject\"   classid=\"clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D\" id=ieooui><\/span>\n<mce:style><!  st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } --><\/p>\n<p><!--[endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]>\n<mce:style><!   \/* Style Definitions *\/  table.MsoNormalTable \t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\"; \tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; \tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0; \tmso-style-noshow:yes; \tmso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; \tmso-para-margin:0in; \tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-ansi-language:#0400; \tmso-fareast-language:#0400; \tmso-bidi-language:#0400;} --><\/p>\n<p><!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I sent Gilbert an email today telling him I\u2019m considering escaping the Texas heat this summer and making a ride up for the rally. I also mentioned my interested in Newfoundland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I got a quick response with links to Newfoundland and Quebec:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: blue;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: blue;\"><a title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.newfoundlandlabrador.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newfoundlandlabrador.com\/\"><span>http:\/\/www.newfoundlandlabrador.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: blue;\"><a title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.bonjourquebec.com\/qc-en\/accueil0.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bonjourquebec.com\/qc-en\/accueil0.html\"><span>http:\/\/www.bonjourquebec.com\/qc-en\/accueil0.html<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Gilbert said both provinces are very generous with their tourism information so I ordered visitor guides from their websites. Now I wait on the mail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year I had been researching throttle locks for my F650 GS before going on a trip to Mexico and had run across mention of a Tilt Cruise made by a man who lived in Montreal, Quebec.\u00a0 I contacted Gilbert Piccard and he sent one of his throttle locks that I installed before leaving on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motorcycles-gear","tag-gear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":809,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions\/809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorcycle-journeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}