Front End Chatter - episode 220
BikeSocial Road Tester
19.01.2026
Welcome
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, 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 recharge and 300mile plus range, 'Verge'-ing on the ridiculous
62 historic MotoGP bikes worth zillions seized in Mexican drug bust
what's your top speed, ever, no names officer
which bike is the GOAT of all time?
All this and more! And it's all in one episode!
Send your questions, thoughts, comments, brain farts, top speeds and nominations for Greatest Bike Of All Time to anything@frontendchatter.com
And don't forget to book onto the Moors The Merrier Tour with us! It's in July, it'll be sunny, it's a weekend, and the beer is... well, it's not free but you might get a pint out of it!
May your god go with you.
Front End Chatter - Episode 220
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