Hello and welcome to the long-awaited (well, about a month) Front End Chatter Episode 65 – supported as ever by our magnificent colleagues, pals and beneFECtors at www.bikesocial.co.uk and Bennetts, the bike insurance specialists.

 

This week FEC bangs on about subjects as wide and varied as:

 

• how does three-time World Superbike champ Jonathan Rea’s win-race ratio match to Carl Fogarty’s, and how to fix World Superbike (again)
• did the three-way Showdown final British Superbike round at Brands and the subsequent love-in make us want to watch it next year?
• …and compare all that to an epic MotoGP race at Motegi

 

PLUS! words of gossip about what we know about 2018’s new bikes (or do we?) including

• the 2018 supercharged, sports touring Kawasaki H2R GT…
• …and their Z900RS, and how close it’ll be to the existing Z900
• Honda’s NSC ‘New Sports Cafe’…
• …and if the motor is based on the CB650F inline four
• Honda’s new Goldwing with its funny front end…
• KTM’s 790-800cc Duke parallel twin which probably won’t have bungees pulling the pistons back to TDC
• Yamaha’s MT-07-based T7 budget adventure bike
• Triumph’s, er, well, definitely not a 765 Daytona, say Triumph…
• Harley-Davidson’s new Softail range of, er, big V-twins including the rather splendid Fat Bob

 

PLUS! listeners’ questions, including:

• what supermoto as a second bike
• the law around on-bike dash-cams – and can plod nick you using your own sat nav’s ‘snail-trail’ as evidence?
• are smaller bikes less likely to get you in trouble?
• can you buy a decent used bike for the price of a new iPhone?

 

Thank you for listening and putting up with us – and please email any biking questions (or any questions you like) or comments to

 

anything@frontendchatter.com

 

or get us on Twitter @SimonHbikes

@Mufga

 

And don’t forget to check out www.bikesocial.co.uk and get your bike insurance with Bennetts.

 

Hello and welcome to the long-awaited (well, about a month) Front End Chatter Episode 65 – supported as ever by our magnificent colleagues, pals and beneFECtors at www.bikesocial.co.uk and Bennetts, the bike insurance specialists.

 

This week FEC bangs on about subjects as wide and varied as:

 

• how does three-time World Superbike champ Jonathan Rea’s win-race ratio match to Carl Fogarty’s, and how to fix World Superbike (again)
• did the three-way Showdown final British Superbike round at Brands and the subsequent love-in make us want to watch it next year?
• …and compare all that to an epic MotoGP race at Motegi

 

PLUS! words of gossip about what we know about 2018’s new bikes (or do we?) including

• the 2018 supercharged, sports touring Kawasaki H2R GT…
• …and their Z900RS, and how close it’ll be to the existing Z900
• Honda’s NSC ‘New Sports Cafe’…
• …and if the motor is based on the CB650F inline four
• Honda’s new Goldwing with its funny front end…
• KTM’s 790-800cc Duke parallel twin which probably won’t have bungees pulling the pistons back to TDC
• Yamaha’s MT-07-based T7 budget adventure bike
• Triumph’s, er, well, definitely not a 765 Daytona, say Triumph…
• Harley-Davidson’s new Softail range of, er, big V-twins including the rather splendid Fat Bob

 

PLUS! listeners’ questions, including:

• what supermoto as a second bike
• the law around on-bike dash-cams – and can plod nick you using your own sat nav’s ‘snail-trail’ as evidence?
• are smaller bikes less likely to get you in trouble?
• can you buy a decent used bike for the price of a new iPhone?

 

Thank you for listening and putting up with us – and please email any biking questions (or any questions you like) or comments to

 

anything@frontendchatter.com

 

or get us on Twitter
@SimonHbikes

@Mufga

 

And don’t forget to check out www.bikesocial.co.uk and get your bike insurance with Bennetts.

 

Hello and welcome to a special, John McGuinness Front End Chatter Episode 64, supported by our good friends at www.bikesocial.co.uk, supported by Bennetts, the bike insurer par excellence, bar none.

And what a treat this week – apart from the usual nattering about subjects as random as:

• tech details from the launch of Ducati’s 210bhp V4 Stradale engine, which is coming to a chassis that may or may not but probably will look remarkably similar to a 1299 Panigale this November
• Rossi’s broken leg bones, Cal’s severed tendon, the ramifications for the MotoGP title, and who Valentino gets to sign the plaster cast…
• why Silverstone’s MotoGP was so poorly attended (conspiracy theory alert)
• how lovely BMW’s R nineT Racer is, and why don’t other manufacturers make bikes that, simply, look beautiful?
• will the news Welsh police are actively encouraging dash-cam users to upload footage as evidence for traffic offences make you ride any differently?
• how to learn how to pronounce Ikea, Abba and Öhlins on a Magic Motor Experience tour on a Yamaha XT660R, in Sweden…

… the jewel in FEC64’s crown is the audio version of BikeSocial’s interview with TT legend John McGuinness, in which he talks about:

• the physical side effects of ‘that’ crash (caution: not for the squeamish!)
• how it’s affected his head
• what caused it and what he really thinks about the 2017 FireBlade
• what happens to his career now
• how important the race fans are to his recovery

Hope you enjoy, please say nice things and spread the word, and please email any and all questions, comments and ideas to anything@frontendchatter.com

Thanks for listening!

@SimonHbikes

@Mufga

 

Hello and welcome to a special, John McGuinness Front End Chatter Episode 64, supported by our good friends at www.bikesocial.co.uk, supported by Bennetts, the bike insurer par excellence, bar none. And what a treat this week – apart from the usual nattering about subjects as random as:

• tech details from the launch of Ducati’s 210bhp V4 Stradale engine, which is coming to a chassis that may or may not but probably will look remarkably similar to a 1299 Panigale this November
• Rossi’s broken leg bones, Cal’s severed tendon, the ramifications for the MotoGP title, and who Valentino gets to sign the plaster cast…
• why Silverstone’s MotoGP was so poorly attended (conspiracy theory alert)
• how lovely BMW’s R nineT Racer is, and why don’t other manufacturers make bikes that, simply, look beautiful?
• will the news Welsh police are actively encouraging dash-cam users to upload footage as evidence for traffic offences make you ride any differently?
• how to learn how to pronounce Ikea, Abba and Öhlins on a Magic Motor Experience tour on a Yamaha XT660R, in Sweden…

… the jewel in FEC64’s crown is the audio version of BikeSocial’s interview with TT legend John McGuinness, in which he talks about:

• the physical side effects of ‘that’ crash (caution: not for the squeamish!)
• how it’s affected his head
• what caused it and what he really thinks about the 2017 FireBlade
• what happens to his career now
• how important the race fans are to his recovery

Hope you enjoy, please say nice things and spread the word, and please email any and all questions, comments and ideas to anything@frontendchatter.com Thanks for listening! @SimonHbikes

@Mufga

 

Hello everybody and welcome to Front End Chatter #63, brought to you by the definitely-not-primates at Bike Social (that’s www.bikesocial.co.uk where, as well as all the latest news, views and reviews of all things motorcycling, you’ll also find a handy link to the superb insurance services of Bennetts). In this not-especially-numerically-significant episode of Britain’s best biking podcast, Simon and Martin chatter about:

• MotoGP from Austria, where someone cleared off for a bit, then there was a bit of a ding-dong and someone won and someone didn’t, and there was a last-lap, last-corner, last-gasp move that was actually just a bit silly even though nobody seems to want to say it (except the bloke who won).
• British Superbikes from Cadwell Park, which neither of us watched even though one of us was actually there, and which turned out to be pretty brilliant.
• The new 158bhp BMW road bike that we’ve both ridden but only one of us can talk about.
• Touratech going insolvent, which is all very curious given almost everyone seems to be riding an adventure bikes these days.
• Plus all of your emails – sent to anything@frontendchatter.com – including whether Triumph’s new Street Triple 765 RS lives up to the hype, how to survive a group ride with complete strangers, the interweb going crazy over the GS fork recall and the reality of the situation from an owner, Sprint ST vs a Glasgow winter, whether you can tell if someone’s riding style is “outright dangerous” from a photo, and plenty more.

Thank you very much for listening (hopefully through www.bikesocial.co.uk if you’d like to kindly support the folk who kindly support us). We are, as ever, @SimonHbikes and @Mufga on the Twitter, and eagerly await your thought, opinions, questions and ponderings arriving on email via anything@frontendchatter.com (yes, literally anything).

Ta-ta for now!

 

Hello everybody and welcome to Front End Chatter #63, brought to you by the definitely-not-primates at Bike Social (that’s www.bikesocial.co.uk where, as well as all the latest news, views and reviews of all things motorcycling, you’ll also find a handy link to the superb insurance services of Bennetts). In this not-especially-numerically-significant episode of Britain’s best biking podcast, Simon and Martin chatter about:

• MotoGP from Austria, where someone cleared off for a bit, then there was a bit of a ding-dong and someone won and someone didn’t, and there was a last-lap, last-corner, last-gasp move that was actually just a bit silly even though nobody seems to want to say it (except the bloke who won).
• British Superbikes from Cadwell Park, which neither of us watched even though one of us was actually there, and which turned out to be pretty brilliant.
• The new 158bhp BMW road bike that we’ve both ridden but only one of us can talk about.
• Touratech going insolvent, which is all very curious given almost everyone seems to be riding an adventure bikes these days.
• Plus all of your emails – sent to anything@frontendchatter.com – including whether Triumph’s new Street Triple 765 RS lives up to the hype, how to survive a group ride with complete strangers, the interweb going crazy over the GS fork recall and the reality of the situation from an owner, Sprint ST vs a Glasgow winter, whether you can tell if someone’s riding style is “outright dangerous” from a photo, and plenty more.

Thank you very much for listening (hopefully through www.bikesocial.co.uk if you’d like to kindly support the folk who kindly support us). We are, as ever, @SimonHbikes and @Mufga on the Twitter, and eagerly await your thought, opinions, questions and ponderings arriving on email via anything@frontendchatter.com (yes, literally anything).

Ta-ta for now!

 

Hello everybody and welcome to Front End Chatter, the semi-regular spoken word salad that refuses to stray into nostalgia (other than to remember when nostalgia was better than it is today). Episode #62 continues to be supported by the wondrous website known as Bike Social (that’s www.bikesocial.co.uk) where you should definitely go to check out all the latest motorcycling news and reviews. And get an insurance quote. Go on.

In this 90-minute natter extravaganza, Simon and Martin discuss:

• MotoGP from Brno, which was either brilliant or boring, where the winner won by a move of either sheer genius or random fortune
• Is it time to wave the chequered flag on flag-to-flag races?
• Guy Martin’s future plans, and whether he’s quitting, retiring, or quitting retiring?
• The new ‘global partnership’ between Triumph and Bajaj – and how many badges can you bodge on a Bajaj?
• Is the London scooter crime spree creating a potential new marketing opportunity?
• The most expensive zeroes and ones in motorcycling

Plus all of your emails covering everything from a little-known but much-loved Australian bike-gang film, recalling recalls and more GS stanchion shenanigans, the exceptional machines of Honda’s golden period, overlooked V-twins, bargain sports-tourers, the value of ABS, a reason to speed, the blame game, and the best bikes we’ve crashed.

Thank you very much once again for listening. If you’d like to chatter back, email us on anything@frontendchatter.com or find us on the Twitters – he is @SimonHbikes and he is @Mufga

And if you’re going to fire up your interwebsitebrowser, don’t forget to point it towards www.bikesocial.co.uk !

Hello everybody and welcome to Front End Chatter, the semi-regular spoken word salad that refuses to stray into nostalgia (other than to remember when nostalgia was better than it is today). Episode #62 continues to be supported by the wondrous website known as Bike Social (that’s www.bikesocial.co.uk) where you should definitely go to check out all the latest motorcycling news and reviews. And get an insurance quote. Go on.

In this 90-minute natter extravaganza, Simon and Martin discuss:

• MotoGP from Brno, which was either brilliant or boring, where the winner won by a move of either sheer genius or random fortune
• Is it time to wave the chequered flag on flag-to-flag races?
• Guy Martin’s future plans, and whether he’s quitting, retiring, or quitting retiring?
• The new ‘global partnership’ between Triumph and Bajaj – and how many badges can you bodge on a Bajaj?
• Is the London scooter crime spree creating a potential new marketing opportunity?
• The most expensive zeroes and ones in motorcycling

Plus all of your emails covering everything from a little-known but much-loved Australian bike-gang film, recalling recalls and more GS stanchion shenanigans, the exceptional machines of Honda’s golden period, overlooked V-twins, bargain sports-tourers, the value of ABS, a reason to speed, the blame game, and the best bikes we’ve crashed.

Thank you very much once again for listening. If you’d like to chatter back, email us on anything@frontendchatter.com or find us on the Twitters – he is @SimonHbikes and he is @Mufga

And if you’re going to fire up your interwebsitebrowser, don’t forget to point it towards www.bikesocial.co.uk !

Hello everybody and welcome to Front End Chatter – Britain’s best biking podcast, powered (and empowered) by the wondrous two-wheeled website known as Bike Social (that’s www.bikesocial.co.uk – and you should definitely check them out).

It’s episode 61, which as everybody knows is the **must remember to search Google for an obscure name of somebody who once raced a motorcycle with number 61 here** episode. Which, ironically, has very little racing at all, being mostly composed of:

• Chatter about the front end of BMW’s R1200GS, and how the previous service campaign – not a recall – to fix the fork stanchions is, erm, ahem, cough, now a recall.
• Martin rides to a village in the German Alps to drink beer in the company of 40,000 bikes, while Simon rides to a café near Whitchurch for the world’s largest all-female bikers meeting.
• Aprilia’s Shiver 900, and why are “middleweight”s getting so big now?
• Plus roughly one trillion and seventy-two of your finest emails, covering everything from Yamaha Tracer adverts, insurance groups, the best bikes ever to grace the silver screen, Simon gets his helmet out to demonstrate something to Martin, is the new Fireblade changing its tune or is that just the rider, and lots and lots and lots more.

To chatter back to us, email anything@frontendchatter.com or Twit us on @SimonHbikes and @Mufga

And, of course, go take a look at Bike Social!

Hello everybody and welcome to Front End Chatter – Britain’s best biking podcast, powered (and empowered) by the wondrous two-wheeled website known as Bike Social (that’s www.bikesocial.co.uk – and you should definitely check them out).

It’s episode 61, which as everybody knows is the **must remember to search Google for an obscure name of somebody who once raced a motorcycle with number 61 here** episode. Which, ironically, has very little racing at all, being mostly composed of:

• Chatter about the front end of BMW’s R1200GS, and how the previous service campaign – not a recall – to fix the fork stanchions is, erm, ahem, cough, now a recall.
• Martin rides to a village in the German Alps to drink beer in the company of 40,000 bikes, while Simon rides to a café near Whitchurch for the world’s largest all-female bikers meeting.
• Aprilia’s Shiver 900, and why are “middleweight”s getting so big now?
• Plus roughly one trillion and seventy-two of your finest emails, covering everything from Yamaha Tracer adverts, insurance groups, the best bikes ever to grace the silver screen, Simon gets his helmet out to demonstrate something to Martin, is the new Fireblade changing its tune or is that just the rider, and lots and lots and lots more.

To chatter back to us, email anything@frontendchatter.com or Twit us on @SimonHbikes and @Mufga

And, of course, go take a look at Bike Social!