by Simon Hargreaves and Martin Fitz-Gibbons
Britain's best biking podcast, with Simon Hargreaves and Martin Fitz-Gibbons
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April 5, 2025
<p>Hello you lovely FECers you, and welcome to Episode 210 of the long-running, will-it-never-end, Front End Chatter podcast for motorcycles and motorcyclists, spoken out loud by Simian Hardgleaves and Marsupial Fatz-Domino. <br /> <br /> We are, as ever, indebted and beholden unto Lord Bennetts, Britannia's Best Bike Insurers and may his whaling fleet never run out of blubber, and bikesocial.co.uk, the hostess with the mostess, you know, you know... the one that goes up to 11. <br /> <br /> And on this month's episode we have, among many other things: <br /> • a bit of gen on Honda's Hornet 1000 and SP, including how much a piston costs and how many years' warranty you get<br /> • who Ixion was, what he has to do with Canon Basil H Davies, and why his 1279 miles in 1905 on a Triumph came to be repeated in 2025...<br /> • a game of 'If bikes were family members...'<br /> • you know what, it's so long ago I've already forgotten but it's jam-packed with yummy goodness, trust me, I should know. <br /> <br /> Get him and he on the socials: <br /> @Mugfa<br /> @SimonHBikes (or something like that)<br /> <br /> And please email your missives and massives to <a href= "mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br /> <br /> Does anyone actually ever read this? </p>
February 26, 2025
<p>Hello and welcome to Front End Chatter, and it's episode 209 of the 209 episode-long motorcycling podcast presented, and I use the word in its loosest sense, by Martina Fitz-Gibbons and Simone Hargreaves, a pair of transitioning motorcycle journalists whose personal pronouns are 'it'. Fronty End Prongs is supported and comported by Bennetts, Britain's biggest and best bike insurers, and without whom you would all be pretty bloody sorry, I can tell you, so make the most of their offers and support their support of motorcycling ya ingrates. And also BikeSocial.co.uk, the hub of motorcycling's metaphorical Akront rim, with their Youtube channel and website and lots of bike-related content to tuck into.<br /> <br /> So on this episode of FEC we chatter about: <br /> • the latest news from the ailing KTM factory<br /> • bad news from the Nürburgring<br /> • last-minute booking news if you're thinking about coming to ride with us in Scotland in May on the FEC Highland Fling 2 tour<br /> • a ride on Ducati's Multistrada V2 S and exactly how Ducati is it? <br /> • Honda's new NT1100 and what have they done to it? <br /> • Honda's new Hornet and wow, how good is it? <br /> • Honda's last-ever CB1300 and can I have one please? <br /> • why a 270° parallel twin is rarely an exciting engine<br /> • how to describe engine configurations<br /> • and many more musing and amusings from the FEC Sack of your thoughts, queries, ruminations on a theme<br /> <br /> Thank you for listening and supporting us with your ears, and please email your own thoughts and musings to:<br /> <a href= "mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br /> <br /> Thanks again FECers! <br /> <br /> @Simonhbikes<br /> @Mufga<br /> <br /> <br /></p>
January 23, 2025
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 18.0pt;">FEC208</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style= "font-size: 18.0pt;">Hello moi luverly FECers and this, believe it or not, is Front End Chatter episode 208 in a long-running series with him, believe it or not, Martin Fitz-Gibbons, and him, believe it or not, Simon Hargreaves.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Believe it or not, you should get your bike insurance from Bennetts, Britain’s best bike insurers and supporters of Front End Chatter since 1894, with massive range of savings and offers on all sorts of kit and caboodle, plus lots of cool policy add-ons like 90 days EU cover and common mods (like road legal exhausts) covered – as standard!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">And you also get free BikeSocial membership (which you can also buy for £60 regardless of your insurer), which gives you access to all the above offers and savings, plus VIP experiences, cheap track days; the list goes on. And don’t forget to visit bikesocial.co.uk and their Youtube channel for all your biking media consumption needs. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">And – last few rooms remaining on the FEC Highland Fling 2 – yes, ride Scotland’s greatest hits this May with Simon and Martin, enjoying the best of the NC500, the best of the West Coast, and a romp through the Cairngorms, all while staying at the Aultguish Inn and partaking of libation in the evening.<br /> <br /> The dates for Fling 2 are arrival Thursday May 6th, departure Sunday May 10th. Visit bit.ly/fecfling2 for more info, or email [email protected] or Paul at MCI Tours – [email protected]</span><span style= "font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">And on that note, what’s actually in the podcast? I’d tell you but, honestly, on this occasion it’s easier to just listen!<br /> <br /> Email [email protected] with your thoughts and queries and stuff, and get Martin and Simon on some of the social medias:<br /> <br /> Insta:<br /></span><span style= "font-size: 18.0pt;">Mufga<br /></span><span style= "font-size: 18.0pt;">Simonhbikes<br /> <br /> BSky:<br /> @sihbikes.bsky.social<br /> @mufga.bsky.social</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><br style= "mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style= "mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <!--[endif]--></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 26.0pt;"> </span></p>
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