Hello friends and welcome to episode 196 of the long-running but desperately sporadic motorcycling podcast otherwise known as Front End Chatter, hosted by its own petards, Martin Fitz-Gibbons and Simon Hargreaves. As ever, we are mightily humbled to be supported and nourished by Bennetts, the UK's leading motorcycle insurer, and bikesocial.co.uk, w…

Banger of a show this week featuring Eric Pabon (TV Generation, Art of Eric Pabon) and Mike B (ONRS, Dharma)!

Guys, we hung out with Chris Rock from Rockpit Brewing and they've got some really cool stuff on tap! Chris got us caught up on what's in store for fall and all the delicious spirits and beers they'll be slingin'.

Hello and welcome to the most excellent and hospitable Buccleuch Arms Hotel in Moffat, where we're bringing you a live episode of Front End Chatter in front of a special audience of FECers – yes folks, this is FEC Up The Borders 2024! Thanks as always to our cyberspace hosts Bennetts, the UK's best bike insurers, and bikesocial.co.uk, the UK's best…

JW from 4th and Dirty and Derek from YHAT1 hang out while we talk about all the happenings and get ready for the NFL season!

Hello Geeks and Nerds, and welcome to Front End Chatter, Britain's Bestular Biking Podcast with him, me, and me, him. Or is it the other way round? Stick to the script! Anyway, your erstwhile hosts @SimonHbikes and @Mufga are, as always, indebted and in balls-deep with Bennetts, Britain's Bestular Bike Insurers, as voted for by the residents of Mav…

First time Samantics guests, Jeff and Stef (or Stef and Jeff if you prefer), join us for a romp around St. Petersburg!

Hello one and all, and welcome to Episode 193 of Front End Chatter, Britain’s best motorcycling podcast and winner of the coveted Wooden Microphone at the 2015 International Podcast Awards. Thanks as ever to Bennetts, Britain’s Best Bike Insurers – hey, “It’s insurance by the people, for the people!” (you can have that for free, Newbs) – and bikeso…

We record with our friends Jason, Derek, and Heather at RockPit Brewing before game night!

Hello one and all, and welcome to a freshly squeezed episode of Front End Chatter, Britain's most absent motorcycling podcast featuring him, Simon Hargreaves, and him, Martin Fitz-Gibbons. We are, as always, indebted to and inebriated by Bennetts, Britain's best bike insurers, and biksocial.co.uk, the place to get all your news and views on motorcy…

We are back from Samantics at Sea 2024! Spoiler alert: it was our favorite cruise ever! We recap some our favorite moments from the cruise and really just try and relive the whole experience. The second segment will be a bit we recorded on the boat with Tim Cruise and some guests; it gets a little wild since it was recorded with a live audience but…

Had a lot of laughs with Trey and Paul on this ep! It was a cool and much needed Friday hanging with these gents. We chatted about a possible White Bullets reunion, dream emo cruise lineup, and we get into your emails!

Our boys Jesse (www.4thanddirty.com) and Tim (www.timcruise.com) hang out with us on this Memorial Weekend #SamanticsSunday! We're all getting excited for our Samantics at Sea cruise coming up so look forward to these jokers on that episode as well.

Derek the MF Hero (YHAT1?) and Owen (Oh No Radio Show) join us on this fiiiine Friday to record an episode of Samantics! We chat about Owen's recent adventure to the Great Smoky Mountains, how exactly one becomes a man's man, and we show some love to Samantha for being nominated as Woman of the Year in Orlando Magazine!…

Greetings, podcast pilgrims, and welcome to Front End Chatter - just like having a fun chat down the pub with your mates about bikes, only without the drinks, or the ability for you to say anything back, or your actual real-life mates being involved. Or the fun, come to think of it. Alright, so it's nothing like having a fun chat down the pub with …

Sam and Trav take on Ireland! Honestly, we're only 3-4 days into the trip but we've done soooo fooking much. We tackle Dublin and the surrounding area; now we're in day one of our stay in Kilkenny. Experience culture shock with us on this ep and the accompanying Samantics Afterparty where we'll wrap up the rest of our trip!…

Hello everyone, two, three here we go and welcome to Front End Chatter episode 190 in series one of Britain's best (or at least longest-running) podcast-flavoured semi-occasional long-form motorcycling nattertainment, no thanks to him, Simon Hargreaves, and even less to him, Martin Fitz-Gibbons. FEC has been FECing for a whole FECing decade now, mo…

Best friends, Moe DeWitt and Jon Busdecker, join us on this episode of Samantics! We ask the tough questions like "what is chicken parmesan, really?" and "do I own the stratosphere above my house?" Of course, we ask Moe your legal questions as well in our segment "Ask Moe Anything"!

We're keepin' our duo streak alive with another one of the greats: Bart Marek and Ross McCoy! We did some Saturday night trivia pre-gaming and chatted Lenny Kravitz, cuddling, fake IDs, farting on the mini bus and more!

Welcome ladies, gentlemens and ornithologists, to Front End Chatter – episode 189 of Britain's favouritest motorcycling podcast presented by him, Simon Hargreaves, and him, Martin Fitz-Gibbons. This pod is, as ever, nurtured and natured by Bennetts, the gorram best bike insurers in 'verse, with their wealth of offers, discounts and competitions – a…

Holy smokes, boys, this was a fun one... Rodney and Dom (from life) come back to the studio to crack wise and catch up. From high school reunions, walking it out, bananas, and removing sand from orifices - we cover it all!

We are in beautiful Charleston, South Carolina hangin' with the dynamic duo, Daniel and Stevie! On our trip, we're soaking in the historic sites, slangin' some drinks, and visiting our friend's new brewery - High Score Brewing.

Hello and welcome to Front End Chatter, the motorcycling podcast presented by Simon Hargreaves and Martin Fitz-Gibbons, a pair of bike journalists who've been riding and writing about dem motorbikes they have these days for bleedin' ages. The pod is, as ever, supported and enabled and ennobled by Bennetts, the bike insurance gods, and BikeSocial.co…

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We are fresh off our Olympic trials and we want to tell you about 'em. Yes, those Olympic trials. The Rockpit Brewing 4th Annual Beerlympics, duh! We had an absolute blast with Tommy G and Derek the Hero competing before this ep and we recap the whole event. Thanks to all who came out to support, have some brews and libations, and chat with us!…

Sam and Trav are celebrating 17 years together at Disney's Old Key West Resort! We'll give you the scoop on all the happenings here at the resort, Dis Sprangs, the parks, and elsewhere while we celebrate our anniversary.

Hello and welcome to Front End Chatter, the UK's most flexible motorcycling podcast with him, Martin Fitz-Gibbons, and him, Simon Hargreaves – a pair of disreputable motorcycle journalists who have yet to find a block around which they have not been. We are supported in our endeavours as ever by the estimable Bennetts, the UK's most bike-friendly b…

Great friend of the show, Travis Butler, joins us while we go up on Thursday, y'all. Great catching up with Trav as we talk shop, holidays, traveling, never walking alone, being vintage, and puppy advice!

Sam and Trav talkin' Christmas and all sorts of nonsense over the holidays. Enjoy this abbreviated episode and see you all in the New Year!

Hello and welcome to Front End Chatter, the UK’s most flammable motorcycling podcast with him, Simon Hargreaves, and him, Martin Fitz-Gibbons. This is episode 186, a gentleman’s agreement of an episode, in which we thank Bennetts, Britain’s best bike insurance experts, and BikeSocial.co.uk, all your two-wheeled needs and nerds catered for on the we…

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We hang with our friends Derek and Heather for a proper Friendsgiving celebration! We start at Rockpit Brewing for In-Law Prep Day; they have a ton of new stuff in the works at the brewery. We'll be able to partake at the Samantics 7 year anniversary ;) We head to Disney Springs for our annual Thanksgiving Day celebration and close the show with yo…

Hello and welcome to FEC185, the new-bikes-for-2024 special version of Front End Chatter, Britain’s fave motorcycling podcast with him Martin Fitz-Gibbons and him Simon Hargreaves. But WAIT! Before you move on, thinking “Oh, I’ve already endured that pair of idiots nattering about the new bikes for 2024 in their EICMA Show review on the Bennetts Bi…

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Samantics is attending Fest 21 in Gainesville, FL! We also announce the Samantics cruise brought to us by our new sponsor, Tim Cruise Travel Agency!

Hello and welcome to Episode 184 of Front End Chatter, Britain's Bestest Biking Bodcast with him, Martin Fitz-Gibbons, and him, Simon Hargreaves – with thanks as ever to our patient and perfect partners Bennetts, the bike insurance specialisms, and BikeSocial.co.uk, the most informative and entertaining motorcycling website on the, er web. Is it st…

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