Full Chat

Motorcycle racer Sylvain Guintoli joins Iwan Thomas and David Prutton on the Full Chat podcast this week to discuss why there is a lack of British riders competing in MotoGP, his love of motorcycles, how bikes make you feel and how good the riders in Moto2 and Moto3 are. Guintoli is best known for being a highly decorated international racer who has competed in some of the biggest competitions in the world such as MotoGP, the British Superbike Championship (BSB) and the Superbike World Championship. He is now seen on TNT Sports as an analyst for their coverage of the MotoGP World Championship alongside Suzi Perry.

It's just over 6 months since Peter Hickman woke up in hospital after a big crash during practice week for the Isle of Man TT. He was battered and bruised and further scans revealed that he'd actually damaged himself more than he'd originally thought, but it takes a lot to stop the fastest road racer in the world, and after numerous surgical procedures, some extensive rehabilitation and a stubborn determination to win, Hicky ended the year on the podium at Macau, second only to team mate Davey Todd! This is the story of an extraordinary year in the life of one of the biggest stars in international road racing, all told with Prutts and Iwan in front of a packed audience at Motorcycle Live 2025 at The NEC in Birmingham!

Si King is British biking legend, and somebody that Iwan and Prutts have been looking forward to getting on the podcast for a long time! With his brilliant anecdotes of life growing up on two wheels and his 650,000 miles in the saddle with best mate and fellow Hairy Biker Dave Myers, he'll make you laugh, make you cry and possibly even make you some lunch if you go and visit his new 'Propa' food outlet in his native North East! The lads were both excited about this one, and it's fair to say it's everything they hoped it would be and more!

Jenny Tinmouth is an exceptionally talented British bike racer, and as the current holder of the female lap record at the Isle of Man TT averaging 120mph over the 37 mile course, to say that she's rapid is an understatement! She's also the first woman to have competed in the British Superbike Championship, so the records keep getting broken! These days she'll either be filming stunt sequences with Tom Cruise on the Mission Impossible films, or fixing bikes in her garage in Ellesmere Port, both of which she's equally excited about! This is a brilliant episode and Prutts and Iwan are blown away by the stories of Jenny travelling on Tom Cruise's private jet!

From 'Kickstart' on kids TV back in the 80s to some of the most ridiculous and incredible stunts more recently with Red Bull, Dougie Lampkin is a motorcycling legend and a dream guest for Iwan and Prutts! it was Ross Noble earlier in the series who was talking about riding with Dougie and said that we had to get him on, so that's exactly what we did and here he is. They don't make them like Dougie Lampkin any more, so what a way to wrap the current series!

Motorsport is expensive at every level, and when you don't come from an affluent background like Davey Todd, it's a long and tough journey to get the top. Davey has done it the hard way, sleeping in his van, working and riding for nothing and owing so much to his parents who worked multiple jobs to keep the dream alive and support the family. Now that Davey is sitting at the top of his game in international road racing and BSB, It makes the sacrifice and pain that they all went through, that much sweeter!

Behind her mild mannered exterior, Maria Costello MBE is one of the world's fastest and most successful bike racers, and has achieved all there is to achieve in a sport that she still loves and is fiercely passionate about. From TT success on two wheels, Maria's now turning her hand to 3 wheels and the sidecars, where she's equally rapid and shows no sign of slowing down! Refreshingly humble throughout, despite the glittering Costello trophy cabinet, this is a brilliant episode and hopefully stories like this will help inspire more young women to follow their dreams and take up a career in motorsport!

He started vlogging on YouTube more than a decade ago when automotive content creation was still in its infancy, and now Chris Eades aka Baron Von Grumble has more than 278,000 subscribers to his channel! It's allowed Chris devote his whole life to his love of two wheels, with his own channel and also '44 Teeth' which is a huge online motorcycling magazine and Youtube community of which he's one of the founders! As if that wasn't enough, Chris has recently set up Pitboxx Motorcycle Storage, his latest venture which allows those who don't want to pay sky high insurance for keeping their bikes at home in the city, the opportunity to have them stored and properly cared for by Chris and his team at their brand new facility in rural Hampshire. So, when it comes to turning your hobby or pastime into a full time career, Chris has got it nailed, as he explains to Iwan and Prutts who have already booked in a trip to Hampshire for coffee and cakes, and a nosey around his impressive collection of bikes!