SPOT THE BIKE
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Bastianini has found his machine! Spot the Bike returns next week
MCN broke summer!
Re your article ‘Heat Of The Moment’ (MCN, August 8). Talk about putting a jinx on things. No sooner had that been printed than the heatwave came to an abrupt and rather wet end. How about keeping schtum next time? Greg Young, email
Stick your ears in 'ere
Reading Richard Newland’s review of the Shark helmet made me smile when he complained of folded down ears. I have a silhouette like the FA Cup and so always use a snood when wearing my helmet which nicely avoids crushed ears. Mark Cooper, Nottingham
Why ride an illegal bike?
I have just read the star letter from Kevin Stanley (MCN, August 8).What I cannot understand is why, oh why would anyone ride in North Wales if their bike is not legal? I ride regularly in the area and I’m sorry to say it but sometimes bikers are their own worst enemies. If you don’t want a
problem with the police don’t give them a reason to pull you over. Rob Creek, Merseyside
Cops' dirty tricks
As a regular rider in North Wales I have witnessed many police dirty tricks, some of which you have commented on. If this level of harassment was targeted at another minority group it would be called ‘profiling’ and exposed for what it is. Colin Forrester, Wirral
Dashcams could help
There might be an upside to the story about people uploading dashcam footage to the police (MCN, August 8). I have a 30-mile commute along Devon country roads and perhaps Mr/Mrs/Miss Selfrighteous will now content themselves with using their dashcam when safely overtaken rather than leaning on their car horn, feeling the need to give chase or in winter destroying my night vision by putting their headlights on main beam after I’ve overtaken. Last year on the M5 passing Exeter in crawling traffic, a half-wit in a personalised number plate Golf GTi thought it was OK to nudge me from behind, luckily we were at crawling pace so I kept my balance. I passed the details to the Devon and Cornwall Police giving date, time and location as part of a complaint of dangerous driving but while agreeing that it was a dangerous manoeuvre, they said they weren’t resourced to examine the traffic camera footage to identify the culprit. Perhaps North Wales Police might like to lend some resources to Devon and Cornwall to help identify genuine dangerous driving. Alan Bennett, Loddiswell
It's the NIMBY factor
Being a reader of MCN for many years I have never felt the need to write to the paper as nothing has grabbed my attention to make me do it but the debate about small number plate and loud pipes has stirred me into action. First off, I have no issues with the small number plate law, but the loud exhaust protests and complaints always seem to come from people who live in idyllic little villages that have main roads going through them. If they did not want to live on or near a main road where there is bound to be noise, why move there? And they pick on the motorcycles as an easy target. Ste Corfield, Warrington
Living the high life
My brother Jools, my 14-year-old son Sam and I have just completed a 2100-mile trip to the Swiss and French Alps. My FJ1200 is 30 next week and my brother’s NTV650 is 20 but they are regularly serviced and reliable. We rode over some of the central Swiss passes and the French Tour passes but the highest we got was on the cog railway to Jungfraujoch, a real experience. Jez Briggs, email