{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Front End Chatter #218","description":"Hello and welcome to Front End Chatter, Britain\u2019s Best Biking Podcast presented by \u2018Fox Mulder\u2019 Hargreaves and \u2018Dana Scully\u2019 Fitz-Gibbons \u2013 because, spookily, this is FEC Episode 218; exactly the same number of episodes as TV\u2019s The X-Files. Except it\u2019s not spooky at all because it\u2019s not a coincidence. It\u2019s inevitable there\u2019s a TV show with exactly 218 episodes, and it\u2019s the X-Files; if we waited until FEC 219 to make the connection, it would be the same number of episodes as the original ABC run of the American improvisational comedy series Whose Line Is It Anyway? Insert your own joke here.  And thanks as always to our benevolent benefactors Bennetts, Britain\u2019s Best Bike insurers, and bikesocial.co.uk, the website\/YouTube channel for all your biking needs. And remember to become a BikeSocial Member \u2013 it\u2019s automatic if you\u2019re insured with Bennetts, or it\u2019s \u00a360 per year or \u00a36 per month if not. But it means you get access to loads of competitions, offers and money-off deals on a veritable panoply of kit \u2013 basically, if you\u2019re thinking of buying anything for your bike, check to see if it\u2019s on the list; you might be able to save more than the cost of membership. For a list of current offers and discounts, visit rewards.bennetts.co.uk\/categories Right, on with the show, and this week Simon and Martin natter about: \u2022 Triumph\u2019s new Trident 800 \u2022 Ducati\u2019s new Monster \u2022 Kawasaki\u2019s new KLE500 \u2022 Honda\u2019s new CB1000F \u2022 Yamaha\u2019s new T\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9 700 World Raid Plus \u2022 BMW R1300 GSA v RS v RT, and the merits of riding 600 miles for one photo \u2022 Has motorcycling got too easy; if you don\u2019t have to earn it, is it worth anything? \u2022 What\u2019s it like riding Honda\u2019s RC213V-S in 2025? \u2022 Riding \u2018signatures\u2019 \u2022 What\u2019s the easiest engine to work on? \u2022 And loads of other hot air and nonsense Thanks for listening, please tell your motorcycling pals and spread the FEC message of love, hope, friendship and riding as far and fast as possible at all times... And please continue to grace the inbox and anything@fronteendchatter.com with your thoughts, questions, queries and general bantz. Aye. Carry on.     ","author_name":"Front End Chatter","author_url":"http:\/\/www.frontendchatter.com","html":"