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Impressive Riding - Who does this stuff?

CalBergenser

Rider
Joined
Jun 12, 2012
Location
West Marin
Moto(s)
BMW K16 GTL
Name
Kris
A while back I attended a service in the heart of Chinatown. Afterwards, there was a procession of about 30 cars to the burial site in Colma. People carpooled and I was driving one of the SUVs.
We were being escorted through the streets of SF on a busy Saturday by 4 (I think) motorcyclists who whisked us all the way through town to the cemetary, and I don't think we had to stop more than once. :thumbup
The riders leap-frogged each other to the intersections, blocking all traffic so we just sailed through. 2 bikes would hold traffic until all the cars had come through, and then haul ass lanesplitting past everyone to the following intersection and so on. They were perfectly coordinated and it was graceful poetry in motion.
They were not riding police bikes, but could have been mistaken as such because of their semi official looking attire. I'm assuming it is a private company.
Anyway, I was very impressed. At first I thought, "Damn, I want that job!" but, well, a man's gotta know his limitataions, right?
Anybody on this forum doing this work? Are they moonlighting LEOs?
 
I know a bartender, a mod here, and a tech at a dealership (all of them are barfers) that all do funeral escorts.
 
I know of at least one SC Vampire that does the funeral escorts.
 
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If you're really interested, i know a guy.
 
One of my friends used to do that, former MSF coach and range manager. Not sure if he still does it, but I know his get-up is an old police bike, white and black helmet, black gear, and he even has some badge.
 
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