Hello everyone and welcome to episode 179 of Front End Chatter, Britain's Chattiest Motorcycling podcast with him Martin Fitz-Gibbons, and him, Simon Hargreaves – underpinned, as ever, by Bennetts, Britain's best bike insurer and BikeSocial.co.uk, the place to go for your biking info.

And on this week's FEC we have: • EXCLUSIVE details of a special ADDITIONAL FEC tour THIS YEAR!

Yes, we've teamed up again with our friends at MCI Tours to bring you a FECin Welsh Weekend. When's that, I hear you ask?

I'm glad you did – the FECin Welsh Weekend is taking place from the afternoon/evening of Friday 22nd September, riding on Saturday and Sunday, departing Monday 25th September. JOIN US – on the best roads in Wales, officially selected by the Cannes Jury Of Mint Roads in Wales, Bach.

Visit bit.ly/fecwales and get involved.

Also in this honestly massive episode of FEC (because bigger is better, right?) • Ivan Cervantes, multiple enduro world champ and Triumph test rider speaks about his world record endurance ride on a Tiger 1200, doing 2493 miles in 24 hours – and also updates on the progress of Triumph's forthcoming range of enduro and motocross bikes

Plus! • all the info on two new technologies coming up on BMW's R1300 GS – radar-powered front collision warning system and a new suspension system with variable spring rate (haven't we heard this before? – Ed) • details of Triumph's new 400 Scrambler X and Speed 400 • how to ride in the wet

...and if that's not enough, there's more of the same. Blimey. Please keep your emails coming in – queries, thoughts, musings, amusings, funny stories, nothing too heavy if you don't mind, keep it light – to: [email protected] Aye. Youse brilliant, youse are. @SimonHbikes @Mufga