Front End Chatter

Hello and welcome to a slightly sweary, distinctly snowy Front End Chatter Episode 73, supported as ever by nos amis at BikeSocial (wwwbikesocial.co.uk) and Bennetts the bike insurers – and which ignores the current level of white precipitation (sounds iffy) while resolutely chattering on about: last weekend’s racing season opener, with World Superbike at Phillip Island – was it or wasn’t it dull, and what’s the difference between an exciting race and dull racing? recent MotoGP testes, and what’s the likely outcome of Tech 3 and Yamaha announcing their conscious uncoupling? ...and then FEC73 dives headlong into proper motorcycling and confronts pressing issues such as: the launch of Triumph’s new Speed Triple S and RS, and when is a hooligan not a hooligan? how does Triumph’s Daytona 675R rate against MV Agusta’s 675 and 800 F3s? is it only us thinking this, or have Triumph got some massive holes in their model line-up, and does that presage a completely new, large-capacity engine powering a range of new m