Welcome to Part Two of FEC's Summer Special, featuring your emails and assorted chatter about: 

• the pros and cons of riding at night

• the ethics of washing bikes and bikinis

• the truth about new tyres

• how best to listen to music while riding

• is the future electric?

• have electronics spoiled racing?

• is Ducati's new Supersport a Monster in drag with the wrong engine?

• what's the best adventure bike for a tall Hamburger?

• why buying a Crossrunner is a good, good, good thing

• why sportsbikes might not be the best idea for people with little self-control

• what's the best bike to strap to the back of a motorhome?

And as if that isn't enough, you can hire Simon to come and play bass at your party/wedding/festival etc.

Once again, we thank you for listening!

Hello, and welcome to Front End Chatter, Britain's original... most original... oh, whatever. It's a podcast mostly about bikes, with added swearing.

This is the Front End Chatter Summer Special Part One, which is only special by virtue of being a) shorter than usual and b) accompanied almost instantly(ish) by Part Two. So this half is the usual racing chatter, including gossip from the Austrian Red Bull Ring Pull MotoGP round, followed by mini-reviews of a couple of bikes we've ridden recently, and Part Two will be along in a while with a sackful of readers'... no, listeners'... emails. Of which there are many, and for which we thank you. We read all of them, even if we don't read them all out. It would take a long time and there aren't enough seconds in, well, a second, basically.

Thanks for your patience in waiting for the least consistent podcast in all creation, and please get in touch via anything@frontendchatter.com or @SimonHbikes or @Mufga