Good to see a bike working for its living - Lone Wolf Medical

[The Other PaulG]

I spotted this F800 in the Lake District at the weekend.

As far as I can see it was being used to get a roving first-aider to remote parts of the National Park.

The bike looks really well sorted and is probably a great tool in that environment.

It's great to see a 'working' bike - anyone on here?

Paul G

 

[Nick V]

On the Gauteng N1/N3/N12 ring road and peripheral roads, TETI Traffic (the consortium that operates these freeways as ORT toll roads) use Suzuki DL650 V-Stroms as what they call MMRUs (motorcycle medical response units).

However, a guy manning one of their incident-response pickups recently tried to kill a biker by ramming him sideways into a concrete barrier.
Apparently, his excuse for doing so was that he could see the biker heading towards a known accident zone, and took the initiative by 'helping the biker to slow down' (I sh!t you not - this comes from the statement released by TETI Traffic).

So, yeah... make up your own mind...

 

[The Other PaulG]

Scary stuff, that.

It seems that the good old wild west still retains that just-under-the-surface unpredictability.

Be careful out there!


Paul (Saxonwold / Parktown / Bryanston 1990-98)