Front End Chatter

Hello and welcome to Front End Chatter, the podcast home of all things motorcycle-related, albeit tangentially sometimes, which, let's be honest, it's a slow news decade and we have to talk about something so why not just gossip? He's Martin Fitz-Gibbons and he's Simon Hargreaves, a pair of motorcycle content creators. And they're Bennetts, Britain's Best Bike Insurers, to whom we are all indebted, sometimes quite literally. And they're bikesocial.co.uk, where the web meets the world of bikes.  And on the pod this month we natter about – blimey, where do we start?  • Bennetts pull out of BSB sponsorship – the why and the what it means for BSB • The Buccleuch Arms Hotel, famed as the best hotel in Scotland and catering especially for motorcyclists, is up for sale! Details within • Moors The Merrier FEC Tour in 'almost sold out' shock! • 2025 new bike sales nearly 20% down on 2024 • Voge R625 ain't half bad • Kawasaki Z1100 SE is more than half good • revolutionary solid state battery-powered bike with 10min r