Torqueing Heads: Talking Motorbikes
15 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -Bennetts BikeSocial's team get the latest motorcycling news, interviews and features into a podcast format
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Superbike Sundays #8 (John Reynolds)
April 11, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBJoining us this week for Superbike Sundays is John Reynolds - a fortified Bennetts British Superbike legend. 3 x British Superbike champion with an incredible 117 podium visits from his 202 starts. JR also sits 5th in the list of all-time BSB race winners, 3rd overall in terms of podium finishes and also won a World Superbike race as a wildcard. John retired at the end of the 2005 due to serious injuries but remains a welcome face at races and events as a Suzuki ambassador. Also available ...
Superbike Sundays #7 (Peter Hickman)
April 04, 2021 12:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBIn our latest episode of the #podcast based series ahead of the 2021 Bennetts British #Superbike season, we talk to the Isle of Man TT lap record holder, Peter #Hickman. He's with a new team, FHO Racing, and on the 2021 BMW M 1000 RR this year. But how will the wings affect the BMW? Where does he feel the crowd the most? What's his opinion on the rule changes, three-race weekends and his new team mate? Plus, find out about his new business venture and the circuit he'd like adding to the...
Superbike Sundays #6 (Danny Buchan)
March 29, 2021 08:00 - 11 minutes - 7.92 MBWe check in with SYNETIQ #BMW rider, Danny #Buchan, ahead of the 2021 Bennetts #BSB season. Now a factory rider and he fully appreciates his rise since his Aprilia Superteen days, and the fact he'd been riding a Kawasaki since 2008 but now lines up alongside Andrew Irwin on the new M1000RR... with wings!
Superbike Sundays #5 (Dan Linfoot)
March 21, 2021 00:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBIn this latest episode of Torqueing Heads: Superbike Sundays, our man Chris Newble talks to TAG Racing's Dan Linfoot about his two-stroke GP days, racing in the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans, scratching that road racing itch, switching to Honda machinery for this season, having fans back at BSB and much more.
Superbike Sundays #4 (John Mowatt)
March 14, 2021 00:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBFor the fourth episode of our Torqueing Heads - Superbike Sunday series we talk to the extremely likeable and cheery, John Mowatt - Team Coordinator for the reigning Bennetts British Superbike champions, the VisionTrack PBM Ducati team. Former Crew Chief to Shane Byrne and Glenn Irwin, John assumed the responsibility of Team Co-ordinator in 2018. He has worked for PBM for over 12 years and has been responsible for much of the team’s success in recent years with Shane Byrne (champion in 2016...
Superbike Sundays #3 (Glenn Irwin)
March 07, 2021 00:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBHe was fighting for the 2020 championship up until the final round in the debut season for the radical new Fireblade, Northern Ireland’s Glenn Irwin was still proud to walk away knowing he could push the pre-season favourites of Brookes and Iddon all the way. Now, as he enters his second Bennetts British Superbike season with Honda Racing, 30-year old Irwin has a new team mate, he’s training hard and there’s a large carrot dangling in front of him We interrupt Glenn’s winter training schedu...
Superbike Sundays #2 (Josh Brookes)
February 28, 2021 00:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBTorqueing Heads: Superbike Sundays continues with an in-depth interview with the reigning Bennetts BSB champion, Josh Brookes - the fortified and undeniable Bennetts BSB legend: two championship titles, never finished outside of the top five overall in 11 seasons of racing and - with 54 race wins - he sits second in the all-time race win table. At 37-years old, he’s the ‘old man’ on the grid. But with a big no.1 on the front of this bike and the mindset of a 19-year old (his words), he is ...
Superbike Sundays #1 (Stuart Higgs)
February 21, 2021 14:00 - 43 minutes - 30.3 MBWelcome to a new sub-brand of Torqueing Heads, brought to you by BikeSocial.co.uk, this is the first episode of Superbike Sundays where we aim to bring weekly news, views and interviews from the Bennetts British Superbike paddock. We start with the Race and Series Director, Stuart Higgs, who tells us about the current state of play with the championship dates, fans being allowed back to the circuits, his favourite livery of all-time (and why), plus the chances of him operating the championsh...
Ep7 - Carl Cox interview: 'Fastest DJ in the World'
February 08, 2021 15:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBRecored back in June 2020 when the legendary DJ, Carl Cox, is usually frequenting the Isle of Man TT with his sponsored riders, instead the great man chatted to us while at his house in Melbourne, Australia. Talking about his motorcycle obsession starting at a young age while still in school, Carl speaks about the baron years, his vast collection of over 80 bikes, where he likes to watch at the TT, what he's been up to in lockdown and the justification behind his self-proclaimed 'Fastest DJ...
Ep6 - 2021 Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RS
January 26, 2021 12:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MBExclusive interview as Michael Mann asks Triumph's Chief Engineer, Stuart Wood, about the heavily updated 2021 Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RS. The entire bike is new from engine capacity to gearbox ratios, chassis, riding position, and most importantly the power-to-weight increase of 26% over the previous generation (2018). 177bhp vs. 198kg (wet). You can even hear the 3-cylinder motor in action too!
EP5 - Vlogging Special | How to make YouTube videos
January 22, 2021 12:00 - 44 minutes - 31 MBIn this episode of Torqueing Heads, Bennetts PR Manager, Luke Brackenbury, hosts as motorcycling YouTuber, The Missenden Flyer, and BikeSocial's Consumer Editor, John Milbank, discuss their top tips for making good YouTube content. TMF has over 125k subscribers and our own Bennetts channel has just clicked over the 100k mark but what's the best advice for those just starting out making their own videos? What are John, Andy and Luke's favourite channels and why? When to respond to positive a...
EP4 - Review: a year on Honda's 2020 Africa Twin
January 01, 2021 20:00 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MBHonda updated their uber popular Africa Twin for 2020 with a raft of improvements including a larger capacity engine, more power, a 6-axis IMU, loads of electronics plus Apple Car Play. The three models each comes with a standard manual gearbox or DCT (Dual Clutch Transmission) and there's a standard and more off-road oriented bike, then two versions of the Adventure Sports. One came with semi-active suspension. For the calendar year of 2020 BikeSocial's three brigadiers; Steve Rose, Micha...
Ep3 - 2021 Kawasaki ZX-10 and ZH2 SE details
December 16, 2020 15:00 - 36 minutes - 25.5 MBHaving dominated the World Superbike championship with six titles in succession, Kawasaki won't be resting on its laurels, and for 2021 comes a new road-based version of their litre sportsbike, the ZX-10RR as well as a more track-focused machine, the ZX-10R. Not only that, but also included in their line-up is the higher spec version of the supercharged naked, the ZH2 SE. Bennetts BikeSocial's Michael Mann got all the details of these three motorcycles from the oracle that is Craig Watson, ...
Ep2 - Norton's CEO on the firm's future
December 03, 2020 10:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBWe spoke exclusively with John Russell, Norton Motorcycles new Interim CEO, who was installed by the firm's new owners, TVS, as of April 2020. It’s fair to say that most of us have endured a turbulent enough 2020 but what if you were a Norton customer, employee or fan? The first few months brought a whole new level of unrest with a discredited former owner and unpaid tax bills that resulted in the British marque entering administration in January. However, one man’s misfortune (or in this...
Ep1 - road racing on the Isle of Wight (Diamond Races)
December 01, 2020 15:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBRoad racing is coming to the Isle of Wight in 2021 with the inaugural Diamond Races Trophy event planned for October of next year, so we talked to the organisers, former British Touring Car champion, James Kaye, the Isle of Man TT Clerk of the Course, Gary Thompson MBE, and TV host / 2 x TT winner, Steve Plater. Enjoy 35minutes worth of conversation about how the races will be run, what the circuit is like, what the schedule looks like, who'll race and what issues they're up against.