By day these people are electricians, lawyers, priests, and pilots, but by night they are the Blood Bikers. A blood bike is a motorcycle used to courier urgent and emergency medical items in the UK.\u00a0 More than 1,500 volunteers provide coast-to-coast coverage, carrying everything from blood, platelets, and plasma to breast milk, vaccines, and surgical equipment.<\/p>\n
Darren is one of them. He has been a Soldier in the British Army for 22 years and has been riding motorbikes for most of his life.<\/p>\n
This is what Darren told us about his experiences:<\/p>\n
“I have always wanted to volunteer as a Blood Bike Rider, however, the entry standards are quite strict, for obvious reasons. You had to have been riding a large capacity motorbike for 5 years+ and you also had to have completed an advanced motorcycle riding test with the Institute of Advanced Motorcycles (IAM) or Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).<\/p>\n
I have a friend who was an IAM Trainer\/Assessor so every time we went on a social ride out he would give me guidance on some of the aspects required of an advanced motorcyclist, and I had become quite a proficient rider.<\/p>\n
When I arrived at my most recent assignment as a soldier in Leicestershire, I decided that now is the time. To be able to sign up as a Blood Bike Rider for the Leicestershire & Rutland Blood Bikes (LRBB) I had to complete the Government Run Enhanced Rider Assessment which I passed with flying colours. The LRBB also required me to attend a few evenings of training, as well as an assessed ride along one of the potential routes and then I was ready to go.<\/p>\n
Volunteering for this group is a great satisfaction but can be demanding, especially if you have a full-time job, but the feeling that you are doing something for your local community is reward enough. The duties run from 7 pm to 7 am, and you have a choice of 3 bikes which are; a BMW R1200 RT; a Yamaha FJR 1300 or a Kawasaki Versys.<\/p>\n
If you are interested in volunteering and have the criteria I have described, then please contact your local branch, as I\u2019m sure they would love your help in any way shape or form.”<\/p>\n
Darren is not going to settle. Now he is planning to set out on the Round the World solo motorbike trip under the nickname of Jersey Biker.<\/p>\n
Monimoto team is glad to be supporting Darren throughout his trip and keeping his bike safe with Monimoto smart GPS tracker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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