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Originally Posted by Icanopit
The issue of of the "markings" was sent into question when the OFFICER stated that his daughter could have made a better job of engraving the marks?
They measured the Reg plate numbers SO many times I think they could not decide whether they were measuring in Imperial or Metric, the riders had already owned up to the fact that the plates could be of incorrect format.
It just came across that a prosecution was forthcoming IRRELEVENT of the cooperation of the riders.
JOHN
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Reagrdless of whether the exhaust baffle was marked with a badly engraved BS mark or whatever, it wasn't loud enough to warrant a conviction - it was a baffle fitted to the race can to bring the noise down to an acceptable level, so any decent copper would have realised the guy wasn't an anti-social hooligan and ignored it.
Irrespective of this, you do not have to have an E mark or BS mark on an aftermarket can anyway, as long as the noise level is no more than a similar model bike of similar age fitted with a good condition standard exhaust. That's how the law defines loudness for aftermarket silencers.
As Specialone stated, the coppers were out for whatever convictions they could get, no matter how tenuous. Playing up to the cameras in my opinion.