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2 weeks ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | John Milbank
Consumer Editor of Bennetts BikeSocialDate reviewed: May 2025 | Tested by: John Milbank| Price: £49.99 | www.oxfordproducts.comThe Oxford Snapjack V3 on review here is made under licence from Tirox, the maker of the Tirox Snapjack V2. It’s not just a rebranded copy either – Oxford has added some useful extras and made some valuable tweaks that are more than just slapping a ‘one’ on the model version.
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2 weeks ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | John Milbank
Do you trust your jeans to keep you safe? Motorcycle riding jeans are now incredibly popular – as bikers move away from sportsbikes and focus instead on adventure, street, custom, naked and cruiser machines, denim is often the trouser of choice.
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2 weeks ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | John Milbank
Consumer Editor of Bennetts BikeSocialDate reviewed: May 2025 | Tested by: John Milbank | Price: From £439.99 | nexx-helmet.co.ukThe Nexx X.LifeCountry on review here is a flip-front adventure helmet that, on paper, offers pretty much everything I’d want. The modular design means it’s easier to pay for fuel, talk to people and get a good burst of air when it’s hot, while the peak should keep low sun out.
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1 month ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | Simon Hargreaves |Ben Purvis |John Milbank |Dale Lomas
Hello and welcome (and a special hello and welcome to Adam Danger, who reads this 'sometimes')... to Episode 211 of Front End Chatter, the motorbicycling podcast prefrontally-lobotomised by Simon Hargreaves and Martin Fitz-Gibbons, two motorcycle journalists who've been doing since their own, personal Day Ones.
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1 month ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | Ben Purvis |John Milbank |Dale Lomas |Michael Mann
Back in March 2020 the Government published a consultation into proposals to make E10 the standard 95-octane petrol on UK forecourts – doubling the amount of ethanol allowed in petrol to the concern of many riders. Despite concerns raised by many respondents about the potential damage that E10 could cause to their vehicles the rules were pushed through into legislation and came into force in September 2021.
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1 month ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | Simon Hargreaves |John Milbank |Dale Lomas |Michael Mann
Hello you lovely FECers you, and welcome to Episode 210 of the long-running, will-it-never-end, Front End Chatter podcast for motorcycles and motorcyclists, spoken out loud by Simian Hardgleaves and Marsupial Fatz-Domino. We are, as ever, indebted and beholden unto Lord Bennetts, Britannia's Best Bike Insurers and may his whaling fleet never run out of blubber, and bikesocial.co.uk, the hostess with the mostess, you know, you know... the one that goes up to 11.
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2 months ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | Martin Fitz-Gibbons |John Milbank |Dale Lomas |Michael Mann
What is a sports bike? Sportsbikes represent peak motorcycling performance and purity. They offer undiluted dynamism: huge power, minimal weight, instant handling, towering top speeds and breathtaking acceleration. And all while looking utterly heroic too. Shrink-wrapped full fairings, low-slung clip-on handlebars and high-rise rearset footpegs are the defining features of an authentic sportsbike.
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2 months ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | John Milbank |Dale Lomas |Michael Mann |Michael Burton
Police Officers will be given greater powers to access a property if a tracking device shows that a stolen motorcycle or scooter is inside, thanks to the Government’s Crime and Policing Bill.
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2 months ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | Michael Burton |John Milbank |Dale Lomas |Michael Mann
The Daytona 200 is one of the most famous motorcycle races held around the world, with speeds in excess of 150 miles per hour set over 200 miles on the banked-oval, course located at Daytona Beach in Florida. For 2025 there is plenty of British interest with no less than potentially five riders from our small shores taking part, so BikeSocial felt it only right to create a handy one-stop shop with all the need-to-know information about the event. When will the Daytona 200 take place?
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2 months ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | John Milbank |Dale Lomas |Michael Mann |Michael Burton
Seeing how criminal gangs move their operations around the UK can help motorcyclists realise the importance of locking their bikes, and be more prepared when thefts rise in their area. This map shows the increases and decreases of motorcycle and scooter thefts by comparing the last full month’s data with the month before that. Open the tab below the map to show the data in full, as the colours represent the CHANGE to theft rates, not the quantity.
