Front End Chatter #220

About this episode

The episode discusses various motorcycle-related topics including sponsorship changes, bike sales, and notable motorcycle events.

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 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…

People in this episode

Hosts: Simon Hargreaves, Martin Fitz-Gibbons

Topics covered

• motorcycle news
• sponsorship
• hotel for motorcyclists
• bike sales
• historic bikes
• greatest bike of all time

Keywords

• motorcycles
• Bennetts
• Moors The Merrier
• bike sales
• historic MotoGP bikes
• solid state battery bike

Sponsors

Bennetts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: bikesocial.co.uk

Products: Voge R625, Kawasaki Z1100 SE, Verge

Books & works: MotoGP

Places: Scotland

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