{"podcast":{"title":"Front End Chatter","slug":"front-end-chatter-575707","podcast_index_feed_id":575707,"rss_url":"https://frontendchatter.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.frontendchatter.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/4/3/b/543b4576c0d4023e/fecnew.jpg","author":"Martin Fitz-Gibbons","episode_count":222,"summary":"Britain's best biking podcast, with Simon Hargreaves and Martin Fitz-Gibbons","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T22:19:12.985617+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-end-chatter-575707"},"episode":{"title":"Front End Chatter #213","slug":"front-end-chatter-213","published_at":"2025-06-03T08:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-end-chatter-575707/front-end-chatter-213","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-end-chatter-575707","url":"https://frontendchatter.libsyn.com/front-end-chatter-213","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/frontendchatter/FEC213.mp3?dest-id=185129","summary":"Hello dearest ear-owners and welcome to Front End Chatter, source of the most significant soundwaves in British motorcycling since the feral howl of a raging Norton rotary haunted the quiet coastal village of Kirk Michael, or since the words \"Go on then, I'll 'ave it\" slipped breathlessly from the lips of a Derbyshire-born property developer attending the auction of a defunct motorcycle factory. In this aural delight of an episode, Simon and Mufga regale themselves with a recap of the spectacularly special Highland Fling tours (so good they did them twice), along with: • Loadsa goss about Triumph's Tiger Sport 800 and BMW's R1300GS Adventure having covered 3000 miles apiece • Why MotoGP might be getting interesting again, and why the TT continues to fascinate every corner of the country for more than a century • The forced-induction fabulousness that was the Bennetts Supercharged Showdown, where 50-plus Kawasaki H2 owners took over an empty runway • Simon gets a taste of Ducati's £16,000 Streetfighter V2S • Martin gets a taste of Voge's £6,000(ish) DS625X • The latest facts, news, rumours and baseless speculation regarding Bajaj's takeover of KTM, and what it might mean for the future • FECsack correspondence covering classic sports-tourers for young riders, the dubious bargains of Facebook Marketplace, how media gets hold of the bikes they test, bikes with undeserved reputations, the best British five-day biking tour, and more… Thank you, one and all, for continuing to allow us to tickle your tympanic membranes - and enormously gigantical appreciations to Bennetts, Britain's best bike insurers. Be sure to get a quote direct from Bennetts the next time you need motorcycle insurance, and be even more sure to check out bikesocial.co.uk for all the best bike news and prod…","meta_description":"Hello dearest ear-owners and welcome to Front End Chatter, source of the most significant soundwaves in British motorcycling since the feral howl of a rag…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5835,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/front-end-chatter-575707/episodes/front-end-chatter-213/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-end-chatter-575707/front-end-chatter-213.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}