A firm I used to know (Heavy haulage) used to have an ex. police bike (Honda PanEuropean), and replaced the blue lights with orange lights for escorting abnormal loads through cities. Replace the POLICE logos for "ESCORT VEHICLE", and remove the siren. One unique bike for escorting large HGV's through cities, and cutting through gridlocked traffic....
I once got a shot of it (after escorting a 85 foot trailer through Manchester....), put on a Hi-Vis jacket and white helmet, and the number of people who thought it was a bike copper was unbelievable. I got round Manchester M-Way gridlock hell in record time by putting on the orange lights, and filtering like mad... it could be also be described as "splitting the red sea of brake lights". Naughty I know, but good fun.
The Anti-fun Nazi brigade called VOSA put the fun to an end though, and forced the firm to use large escort vans with massive flashing lights..
A VOSA official wrote to the firm stating "An escort motorcycle would cause too much traffic disruption
, and confuse car drivers into thinking it was an officer of the law. Please refrain from using the motorcycle, and use vans in the name of public safety......"
Is this not a crazy example of the Nanny state or what???