Front End Chatter

Hello and welcome to Front End Chatter, Britain’s – nay, the world’s – most socially isolated motorcycle podcast, with Simon Hargreaves and Martin Fitz-Gibbons... and welcome to Episode 114 – the third in a series in which Martin literally phones it in. Thanks as ever to our brothers and sisters at bikesocial.co.uk – the worldwide web of motorcycling (check out their YouTube channel!) and of course Bennetts, the bike insurance specialists. And in this meandering soufflé of waffle we touch lightly on subjects as varied as: what constitutes an ‘essential’ journey, and is a bike an appropriate vehicle? Norton has been bought by TVS of India for £16... sorry, £16 million... so will any of that go to refund deposits, reimburse pensions and repay creditors? And what does it mean for future Norton motorcycles? the MotoGP 2020 season guessing game continues with news of cancellations and possible fan-free races financed by an energy drink plus! What have the MotoGP stars been getting up to in lockdown, and why they