{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Front End Chatter #217","description":"Hello everyone and welcome to THE 2025 FECSTIVAL \u2013 live from the beautiful Buccleuch Arms Hotel in stunning, sun-drenched (cough, ish, ahem) Moffat, Scotlandshire! After a couple of fantastic (truth), incident-free (truth-ish) and bone-dry (truth-adjacent) days riding through the very best of the Scottish Borders and the Galloway Forest, Front End Chatter \u2013 Britain\u2019s best biking podcast \u2013 has retired to the bar for a small sweet sherry, a roaring radiator, and 43 minutes of inspired, improvised, impromptu biking banter and deep-drivel discussions including:  Marc Marquez\u2019s ninth (or is it seventh?) world championship, if his comeback really is the greatest return ever witnessed across the near-infinite history of sporting achievement, and whether MotoGP\u2019s new owners are trying to control our collective thoughts Witnessing hostility towards Chinese-branded bikes thaw in real time, the reasons we\u2019re starting to be interested (b\u00a3\u00a5ond the obviou$), and how soon before the first one is part of a FEC tour Nominations for the greatest, must-ride, can\u2019t-miss riding roads in all of mainland continental Europe, especially if the definition of \u2018mainland continental Europe\u2019 now includes the UK and a bit of America\u2026 Could electric bikes be the future of trackdays? Simon &amp;amp; Mufga's mixed fortunes with electric bikes on track. And could Front End Chatter\u2019s future lie in someone\u2019s fuel tank? Radical suggestions for reorganising bike ergonomics and controls, featuring foot clutch, backwards-action left-hand throttle and bum brake The perfect bike for when you're retiring to live in Japan  Thank you FECers one and all - and to Paul, Jo and Anthea at MCi Tours - for joining us at the 2025 FECstival, either live and in person or via time-travelling earholes. And, of course, sincerest gratitudes as ever to Bennetts, Britain\u2019s best bike insurers, for continuing to enhance, advance and romance Front End Chatter \u2013 don\u2019t forget to get a quote direct from Bennetts the next time your motorcycle insurance is up for renewal, then be sure to buy your policy direct so you can enjoy more than 100 offers, discounts and exclusive opportunities all thanks to a year\u2019s free BikeSocial membership! Ciao for now \u2013 and maybe see you at Motorcycle Live in November\u2026 &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Front End Chatter","author_url":"http:\/\/www.frontendchatter.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/38560930\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/194145300"}