Ricardo motorcycle expertise helps charity deliver essential blood supplies to hospitals

Ricardo has a long track record in using its engineering expertise to protect those who protect us. Recently, Ricardo has been proud to continue this long-standing tradition by supporting SERV-OBN, one of the volunteer UK Blood Bike groups which transports blood, plasma, tissue samples and milk for premature babies out-of-hours for National Health Service (NHS) hospitals. It serves the counties of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Northamptonshire in the UK.

Blood bikers are charity volunteers whose selfless work saves the NHS a considerable amount of time and money on private hire taxis, couriers or, in exceptional circumstances, emergency services. There are 36 Blood bike groups in the UK who actively work towards parity with other front line emergency services in terms of legislative support and recognition by various government departments and agencies on national topics.

SERV-OBN has a fleet of 16 motorcycles and three 4x4 response vehicles to provide a potentially lifesaving service. Blood bikes are modified through the addition of the special carrying container on the rear of the vehicle, so it essential these bespoke motorcycles are fit for purpose. Therefore, the SERV-OBN team sent its newly converted BMW R1250RT to the Ricardo motorcycle team for a high-speed stability and handling assessment.

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