Full Chat

Content warning: This podcast includes discussion of suicide and mental health, which some listeners may find distressing. British Superbike Championship rider Storm Stacey joins Full Chat this week with co-hosts Iwan Thomas and David Prutton to discuss his career, why he wants to buy a plane and much more. Stacey, is best known as one of Britain’s best young professional motorcycle racers and is...

Vanessa Ruck is the girl on the bike, and in 2014 a near fatal cycling accident almost ended it all! Determined to come back fighting and to be as strong as ever, Vanessa is an inspiration, and the accident certainly hasn’t put her off two wheels and adrenaline pursuits as whole. Her first motorbike was an old Suzuki Bandit, and her and her husband rode Harleys through Texas on their honeymoon! Va...

Father and son combo, Mr Darcy & The Ol’ Man are Iwan and Prutts’ special guests on the show this week. They’ve become one of the best loved and most popular motorcycle review channels on YouTube, and they’re loving every minute of it! Featuring and reviewing the bikes they want to ride makes this the dream job, and getting to do it as a dad with his lad, is just an added bonus!

British Superbike rider Ryan Vickers joins David Prutton and Iwan Thomas on this week’s episode of Full Chat.  The 27-year-old who now competes for Honda Racing in the British Superbike Championship sits down to speak about a range of topics, including his racing career, his training programme and how his love of motorsport was formed from spending hours in his dad's garage playing with bikes when...

Motorcycle YouTuber Tomboy_a_bit joins David Prutton and Iwan Thomas on this week’s episode of Full Chat.  Tomboy_a_bit, whose real name is Deimante Meilune, talks about a range of topics, including what it’s like to be a woman in the motorcycling industry, the bikes she owns and how she fell in love with life on two wheels! Deimante has built a strong following on her channel after accumulating o...

Scam Interceptors presenter Rav Wilding, is the latest special guest on this series of Full Chat. Two-time BAFTA winner Wilding , who has been on our screens for more than 20 years, is best known for presenting BBC shows Scam Interceptors , Crimewatch Live and BBC Morning Live, as well as being a participant on Strictly Come Dancing.  He sat down with co-hosts Iwan Thomas and David Prutton to spea...

Motorcycle racer Sylvain Guintoli joins Iwan Thomas and David Prutton on the Full Chat podcast this week to discuss why there is a lack of British riders competing in MotoGP, his love of motorcycles, how bikes make you feel and how good the riders in Moto2 and Moto3 are.  Guintoli is best known for being a highly decorated international racer who has competed in some of the biggest competitions in...

Television presenter Matt Allwright is the first guest on a brand-new series of Full Chat! Best known for presenting TV shows such as Watchdog, Rogue Traders and The One Show for the BBC, Matt sat down with Iwan and Prutts to speak about his love of all things two-wheeled, his motorcycling hero Barry Sheene and what it was like living in Japan and riding a bike there!

British Superbike Championship rider Scott Redding discusses his love of motorcycles and cycling on this week’s episode of Full Chat. Redding has competed in some of the greatest motorbike championships in the world, including BSB – in which he won the title in 2019 in what was his debut year – the World Superbike Championship and Moto GP.  He sat down with Iwan Thomas and co-host David Prutton to...

It's an educational one this week, as Iwan and Prutts open their doors to Del from Delboy's Garage, one of the biggest biking channels on YouTube! Every week, Del will teach you how to upgrade your machines and carry out basic maintenance that a lot of people are scared to do, but as he rightly says, provided you've got practical hands, some basic tools and a good sense of humour, anybody can get...

Skunk Anansie drummer Mark Richardson discusses his love of motorcycles and his hero Barry Sheene, on this week’s episode of Full Chat. Richardson who's also played for the likes of Little Angels and Feeder during their noughties heyday, sat down with Iwan Thomas and David Prutton to speak about his love of all things two-wheeled and getting into enduro racing at an early age!

Motorcycle racer Emilia Dobrev discusses her track career, and what it’s like to compete as a woman in mixed-gender competition on this week’s episode of Full Chat. Dobrev has competed in top competitions such as the Ultimate Cup Moto and combines her racing career with being an influencer and fashion model.    She sat down with Iwan and Prutts to speak about her love of all things two-wheeled, in...

On this week’s episode of Full Chat, Krazy Horse founder Paul Beamish discusses the motorcycles he’s made, including one for Richard Jones of the Stereophonics. Beamish has been creating custom bikes since setting up Krazy Horse in 1995, and the company sells cars, bikes and microlinos at their five showrooms across the country.  He sat down with Iwan and Prutts to speak about his craft and love o...

Custom motorcyle engineer and television personality Allen Millyard joins David Prutton and Iwan Thomas this week to discuss setting a world speed record.  Millyard who has created numerous custom motorcyles for over 25 years, is best known for his engineering work that has seen him become a part of several TV shows including ITV's The Motorbike Show, Junk And Disorderly and Shed and Buried. He sa...

Dakar Rally legend Sam Sunderland joins hosts David Prutton and Iwan Thomas on this week's episode of Full Chat, to discuss his love of motorcycles and extreme racing.  Sunderland, who is best known for winning the rally in both 2017 and 2022, was chatting to the boys just three days after breaking three vertebrae in his back, following a bad landing on his head while training in the sand in south...

Motorcycle content creator Lamb Chop Rides joins hosts David Prutton and Iwan Thomas as the first guest on a brand-new episode of Full Chat, to discuss his career and everything two-wheeled.  Lamb Chop Rides, whose real name is John Bennett, has one of the biggest motorcycle YouTube channels in the UK with over 150,000 subscribers and over 46 million views, where he reviews the latest motorcycle g...

Freddie Dobbs is undoubtedly a very stylish gentleman, and his YouTube videos are a work of art! For him, what you wear on a bike and the look of the bike in question is almost as important as how it performs, and it therefore comes as no surprise that he's a big fan of the British classics like Triumph and Norton. He's also got enormous followers on his YouTube channel and instagram page, so his...

Elspeth is a remarkable lady! 40 years ago, without the reliance on smart phones, sat navs and all of the other global technology we seemingly need today, Elspeth set off around the world on her trusted 1974 BMW R60/6. She didn't really know where she was going or where she'd be sleeping on a nightly basis, but as long as she continued to head west, she'd be travelling in the right direction event...

It's just over 6 months since Peter Hickman woke up in hospital after a big crash during practice week for the Isle of Man TT. He was battered and bruised and further scans revealed that he'd actually damaged himself more than he'd originally thought, but it takes a lot to stop the fastest road racer in the world, and after numerous surgical procedures, some extensive rehabilitation and a stubborn...

He's become a YouTube sensation in the bike world, and his channel has racked up a staggering 112 million views to date! With numbers like this, Andy Randle aka The Missenden Flyer has unsurprisingly become one of the UK's top bike reviewers, and has turned a passion project into a legitimate full time business. Add to that the fact that he also flies planes whenever he gets a chance, so Andy real...

Si King is British biking legend, and somebody that Iwan and Prutts have been looking forward to getting on the podcast for a long time! With his brilliant anecdotes of life growing up on two wheels and his 650,000 miles in the saddle with best mate and fellow Hairy Biker Dave Myers, he'll make you laugh, make you cry and possibly even make you some lunch if you go and visit his new 'Propa' food o...

It's been 10 years since Dutch and Vikki Van Someren first opened Bike Shed in Shoreditch in London, and what a 10 years it's been! What they've done together is create the ultimate destination for lovers of bike culture, and establish something unique in the market in this country and beyond. There's now a Bike Shed in Los Angeles and soon to be one opening up in Dubai, and I wouldn't bet against...

Jenny Tinmouth is an exceptionally talented British bike racer, and as the current holder of the female lap record at the Isle of Man TT averaging 120mph over the 37 mile course, to say that she's rapid is an understatement! She's also the first woman to have competed in the British Superbike Championship, so the records keep getting broken! These days she'll either be filming stunt sequences with...

We're kicking off series 5 of 'Full Chat' with a gentleman best known for his starring roles in Red Dwarf and Death in Paradise, it is of course the brilliant Danny John-Jules! There's not many people who could carry off riding a bright pink Yamaha R1 in bright pink leathers, but Dan's the man that can! A self confessed bike nut through and through, Danny is a dream guest for Iwan and Prutts and t...

From 'Kickstart' on kids TV back in the 80s to some of the most ridiculous and incredible stunts more recently with Red Bull, Dougie Lampkin is a motorcycling legend and a dream guest for Iwan and Prutts! it was Ross Noble earlier in the series who was talking about riding with Dougie and said that we had to get him on, so that's exactly what we did and here he is. They don't make them like Dougie...