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3 weeks 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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3 weeks 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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1 month 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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1 month 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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1 month 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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1 month 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.
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1 month ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | Simon Hargreaves |John Milbank |Dale Lomas |Michael Mann
Hello and welcome to Front End Chatter, and it's episode 209 of the 209 episode-long motorcycling podcast presented, and I use the word in its loosest sense, by Martina Fitz-Gibbons and Simone Hargreaves, a pair of transitioning motorcycle journalists whose personal pronouns are 'it'.
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2 months ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | John Milbank |Stephen Lamb |BikeSocial Member |Steve Rose
Consumer Editor of Bennetts BikeSocialDate reviewed: February 2025 | Tested by: John Milbank | Price: From £239.00 | www.agv.comThe AGV Street Modular on review here is a relatively budget flip-front helmet that’s fairly good for the money, though it does have some room for improvement.
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2 months ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | John Milbank |Stephen Lamb |BikeSocial Member |Steve Rose
Properly clean your bike then prep it for winter and it’ll survive the salt that can lead to corrosion and rust damage. Products like ACF-50, XCP Rust Blocker, Scottoiler FS 365 and TechCote ACS TC200 are popular among bikers when it comes to keeping rust at bay, but how good are they, and what about inhibitors like Waxoil, Dr Downpipe and more? And then there’s ceramic coatings – do they work?
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2 months ago | 
spectator.co.uk | John Milbank
Why, since the 1970s, has liberalism become so virulent? And why is it inclined to break down, or to drastically mutate, as we now see? In answer to the second question, liberalism involves a series of separations between different social aspects that have to be kept artificially apart, and yet which remain in tension, and can ultimately not be kept apart at all.
