This year’s final episode of Britain’s best biking podcast comes to you from the jungle… no, Andorra… no, Benidorm. And Sicily.

In this hour-and-a-bit, Ant and Dec – sorry, Simon and Martin – cover:

– Is Britain officially in love with Foggy once again (the stats suggest so), or did he just surf a wave of cult nostalgia (the stats suggest so…)? 

– Marquez moves out of his parents’ house, cries, then proves he’s the greatest rider on the planet even in the off-season. Plus, a review of his new biography.

– Reports from the launches of the new BMW R1200R (a simple bike that’s incredibly high-tech), Kawasaki Versys 650 (the small bike trying to be a big bike) and Versys 1000 (the adventure bike that wasn’t really an adventure bike and definitely isn’t an adventure bike any more).

– Front End Chatter discovers what it’s like to ride a Kawasaki H2.

– Plus your emails answered, some light bickering, and much more.

If you enjoy this (for free), you can subscribe to Front End Chatter (for free), check out our past episodes (for free), tell a friend (for free) or shout about us online (for free).

Send us an email about anything (anything@frontendchatter.com) and find us on Twitter (@Mufga and @SimonHbikes).

Thank you very much, and we’ll be back in 2015.

Happy Christmas.

This year’s final episode of Britain’s best biking podcast comes to you from the jungle… no, Andorra… no, Benidorm. And Sicily.

In this hour-and-a-bit, Ant and Dec – sorry, Simon and Martin – cover:

– Is Britain officially in love with Foggy once again (the stats suggest so), or did he just surf a wave of cult nostalgia (the stats suggest so…)? 

– Marquez moves out of his parents’ house, cries, then proves he’s the greatest rider on the planet even in the off-season. Plus, a review of his new biography.

– Reports from the launches of the new BMW R1200R (a simple bike that’s incredibly high-tech), Kawasaki Versys 650 (the small bike trying to be a big bike) and Versys 1000 (the adventure bike that wasn’t really an adventure bike and definitely isn’t an adventure bike any more).

– Front End Chatter discovers what it’s like to ride a Kawasaki H2.

– Plus your emails answered, some light bickering, and much more.

If you enjoy this (for free), you can subscribe to Front End Chatter (for free), check out our past episodes (for free), tell a friend (for free) or shout about us online (for free).

Send us an email about anything (anything@frontendchatter.com) and find us on Twitter (@Mufga and @SimonHbikes).

Thank you very much, and we’ll be back in 2015.

Happy Christmas.

Welcome to Front End Chatter episode 21 v2.0 (apparently the dog ate episode 21 v1.0). This week Martin and Simon visit Motorcycle Live and wave a microphone at Kawasaki’s H2R, use the word ‘artisan’ twice, dissect Carl Fogarty MBE’s stellar performance on a reality TV show and whether drinking a puréed kangaroo testicle really is tougher than winning four World Superbike titles, discuss air-bag protection, lament the passing of the thrust curve, and Simon reveals how talking out loud while you’re riding, recording it and putting on YouTube is problematic. But only to him.

Thank you very much for listening, please spread the word, subscribe, and come and read other Chattersome nonsense at:

@Mufga

@SimonHbikes 

*if you’re only interested in the Carl Fogarty bit – and who can blame you? – it starts around 42m 30s.

Welcome to Front End Chatter episode 21 v2.0 (apparently the dog ate episode 21 v1.0). This week Martin and Simon visit Motorcycle Live and wave a microphone at Kawasaki’s H2R, use the word ‘artisan’ twice, dissect Carl Fogarty MBE’s stellar performance on a reality TV show and whether drinking a puréed kangaroo testicle really is tougher than winning four World Superbike titles, discuss air-bag protection, lament the passing of the thrust curve, and Simon reveals how talking out loud while you’re riding, recording it and putting on YouTube is problematic. But only to him.

Thank you very much for listening, please spread the word, subscribe, and come and read other Chattersome nonsense at:

@Mufga

@SimonHbikes 

*if you’re only interested in the Carl Fogarty bit – and who can blame you? – it starts around 42m 30s.

Front End Chatter, Britain’s best (and original) biking podcast celebrates its vigintennial anniversary by remembering about the good old days. Actually, it doesn’t. Instead, it gets totally lost in the seemingly bottomless pool of brand new bikes and their impenetrable acronyms. Opinion and analysis abounds, including attempting (or not) to answer:

– Might Kawasaki’s new H2 be a tiny weeny bit of a porker?
– Will Honda’s road-going RC213V really happen?
– Is Yamaha’s new R1 deceptively good looking?
– Just what does A&S, AOS-II and CFRTP mean, and is it all a LOB?
– Was any baking paper used in designing the MT-09 T-Racer (sorry, Tracer)?
– What does Ducati’s Scrambler have to do with a polar bear having a shave?

If you enjoy any of this nonsense please subscribe and/or tell your friends about Front End Chatter. You can download it through iTunes, from any Androidy thing or direct from www.frontendchatter.com.

Feedback or topic suggestions actively welcomed by email (anything@frontendchatter.com) and Twitter (@SimonHbikes and @Mufga).

Thanks very much.

Front End Chatter, Britain’s best (and original) biking podcast celebrates its vigintennial anniversary by remembering about the good old days. Actually, it doesn’t. Instead, it gets totally lost in the seemingly bottomless pool of brand new bikes and their impenetrable acronyms. Opinion and analysis abounds, including attempting (or not) to answer:

– Might Kawasaki’s new H2 be a tiny weeny bit of a porker?- Will Honda’s road-going RC213V really happen?- Is Yamaha’s new R1 deceptively good looking?- Just what does A&S, AOS-II and CFRTP mean, and is it all a LOB?- Was any baking paper used in designing the MT-09 T-Racer (sorry, Tracer)?- What does Ducati’s Scrambler have to do with a polar bear having a shave?If you enjoy any of this nonsense please subscribe and/or tell your friends about Front End Chatter. You can download it through iTunes, from any Androidy thing or direct from www.frontendchatter.com.

Feedback or topic suggestions actively welcomed by email (anything@frontendchatter.com) and Twitter (@SimonHbikes and @Mufga).

Thanks very much.

Front End Chatter, Britain’s best (and original) biking podcast, returns for an hour of fun and games (literally) including:

– What Ducati’s latest high-tech acronym actually does- What Yamaha’s latest high-tech acronyms might do- Whether the 2015 BMW S1000RR is any good to ride (Simon’s back from the launch, not that he mentions it much)- The frantic debut of Hipster Bingo- The remarkable true story of how a man who once set his own beard on fire drinking cocktails is at the centre of fresh chaos surrounding one of the most famous bikes in film history

Plus all the usual talk about racing, your emails and plenty more too.

Download Front End Chatter via www.frontendchatter.com, search for us on iTunes, or find us through any other Androidy apps. We’re even still on SoundCloud. If you enjoy FEC please subscribe, tell your friends, check out old episodes, and email feedback to anything@frontendchatter.com

Oh, and Twit us on @SimonHbikes and @Mufga

Thanks!

Front End Chatter, Britain’s best (and original) biking podcast, returns for an hour of fun and games (literally) including:

– What Ducati’s latest high-tech acronym actually does
– What Yamaha’s latest high-tech acronyms might do
– Whether the 2015 BMW S1000RR is any good to ride (Simon’s back from the launch, not that he mentions it much)
– The frantic debut of Hipster Bingo
– The remarkable true story of how a man who once set his own beard on fire drinking cocktails is at the centre of fresh chaos surrounding one of the most famous bikes in film history

Plus all the usual talk about racing, your emails and plenty more too.

Download Front End Chatter via www.frontendchatter.com, search for us on iTunes, or find us through any other Androidy apps. We’re even still on SoundCloud. If you enjoy FEC please subscribe, tell your friends, check out old episodes, and email feedback to anything@frontendchatter.com

Oh, and Twit us on @SimonHbikes and @Mufga

Thanks!

Britain’s best and… hang on, have to stop you there. Anyway, this week’s/month’s/insert-random-time-interval’s episode of Front End Chatter is all about new bikes – Kawasaki’s supercharged H2R, BMW’s S1000RR and R1200RS, Suzuki’s GSX-S1000F and Ducati’s Hipster, sorry, Scrambler – and a newly-crowned MotoGP Wold Champ, which is like a World Champ only from Lincolnshire, not Spain. There’s some other stuff too. We hope you enjoy it, and please spread the word, subscribe via iTunes or an Android thing, leave a review, or Tweet us at @SimonHbikes and @Mufga (or get Simon on FB, but not Martin). 

Britain’s best and… hang on, have to stop you there. Anyway, this week’s/month’s/insert-random-time-interval’s episode of Front End Chatter is all about new bikes – Kawasaki’s supercharged H2R, BMW’s S1000RR and R1200RS, Suzuki’s GSX-S1000F and Ducati’s Hipster, sorry, Scrambler – and a newly-crowned MotoGP Wold Champ, which is like a World Champ only from Lincolnshire, not Spain. There’s some other stuff too. We hope you enjoy it, and please spread the word, subscribe via iTunes or an Android thing, leave a review, or Tweet us at @SimonHbikes and @Mufga (or get Simon on FB, but not Martin).