Front End Chatter

Say hello to Front End Chatter Episode 51, a numerically insignificant episode that nonetheless contains much chatterage about:   the opening round of World Super Brits from Phillip Island – although if you haven’t seen the racing you’ll be none the wiser afterwards because we watched it and still manage to get the race result wrong not once, but twice...   MotoGP testing from the very same Phillip Island at which, it seems, “They’re all going really fast...”   Plus!   how Ducati’s new SuperSport is less sports tourer, more sportsbike   why Kawasaki’s new Z900 is a 123bhp entry-level naked bike   and why the new Ninja 650 is, er, an entry-level bike with a full fairing   And there’s more:   We read out your lovely emails on subjects as wide and wonderful as:   the great hi-viz debate – to yellow or not to yellow   bike security in London   the wisdom of modifying modern sportsbikes   a comparison of the average increase in rider skill v the increase in motorcycle performance   the great Hon