Blue light and siren on motorcycle?

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Fri 27 Apr 2007 23:01
Blue light and siren on motorcycle? - mal
Was passed at speed today by a motorcyclist with flashing blue light , siren, and headlight flashing on and off . The bike was not marked from what I saw of it and the rider was not wearing a uniform, just dark waterproofs. Any idea what organisation he might have belonged to.
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Fri 27 Apr 2007 23:03
Blue light and siren on motorcycle? - bell boy
blood? organisation?
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Fri 27 Apr 2007 23:06
Blue light and siren on motorcycle? - cheddar
If I told you I would have to kill you


;-)
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Fri 27 Apr 2007 23:14
Blue light and siren on motorcycle? - cheddar
Seriously I saw a black GSXR600 the other day with a blue light, it appeard to have pulled over a car, the copper had lighter weight kit than the normal BMW rider, I assumed it was the two wheeled equivilent of an Impreza.
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Fri 27 Apr 2007 23:15
Blue light and siren on motorcycle? - mal
He was doing at least 80 in a 60 single carriageway. Possibly delivering a donor organ to a recipient now that you mention blood. I expect it is ok to speed under those circumstances.
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Sat 28 Apr 2007 09:57
Blue light and siren on motorcycle? - a900ss
'Blood' bikes are clearly marked, are white and look just like Police bikes to make it easier to get through traffic. Stealth, for a blood bike, is not what you want.

The bike you saw was almost certainly an un-marked police bike. These bikes are to catch high performance cars and bikes that are speeding.

As a previous poster mentioned, the rifers of these bikes wear a much lighter weight protective kit.

Most people are aware of unmarked cars but not many people think a bike could be an unmarked police bike and I'm sure it catches quite a few speeders. Gloucestershire, maybe Avon, have a Suzuki GSXR1000 - you don't want to mess about with that baby!!!!
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