Thanks for the promotion, Dan.
And thanks for the tips, chaps. I have indeed left it to them to prove it was me. It's more of a 'worst case scenario' I'm thinking of to cover myself. Providing the evidence to my insurers took me all of 2 minutes so I've done that to help make things easier.
Lurch, I don't think a stud on my plate will have anything to do with misreading someone else's plate as mine. The question is, has someone else got a plate that's very similar to mine and keeps getting read incorrectly, or has someone cloned mine.
My main concern is that, if it is a clone of the exact bike, and the guy turns out to wear similar clothing. it's going to be difficult to convince a judge that it wasn't me.
Could also just be an insurance scam.