Simon Hargreaves
BikeSocial Road Tester
Ferociously lazy, 49 year-old veteran bike hack Hargreaves took to motorcycles early in life when he realised twisting a throttle was less effort than pedalling. His first field bike was a BSA Bantam D15, which he was given for free and sold to a proto-Hipster for £15 in 1983. It was the first, only and last time he sold a bike for profit.
Simon H, has been, a professional motorcycle journalist for 25 years, although he prefers “writer” because, “I’m an enthusiastic amateur; I just love bikes and writing about them.” Over the years of contributing to Performance Bikes, Bike, RiDE, Motorcycle News, Practical Sportsbikes, MCN Sport and Motorcycle Sport & Leisure among others, he’s ridden almost every motorbike there is to ride, from an Italjet Tiffany to Honda’s RCV211V MotoGP bike. He’s toured Europe, ridden on most major racetracks around the world, and raced a Bugatti Veyron on an S1000RR.
As one half of Front End Chatter, Britain’s longest-running biking podcast, Simon H admits in same way some people have a face for radio, he has a voice for writing.
Simon also plays bass in a successful function band, the High Rollers, and especially enjoys writing biogs about himself. Like this one.
Recent Posts
- Features
Front End Chatter - episode 199
On this episode:
By Simon Hargreaves04/11/2024 - Features
Front End Chatter - episode 198
On this episode of Britains greatest motorcyling podcast: The R9 is finally here, Honda's NT100 gets some toys, Kawasaki's bigger Ninja gets less power and the Trident get louder...
By Simon Hargreaves14/10/2024 - Features
Front End Chatter - episode 197
On this episode: This year’s Multistrada, the new Versys 1100, Kawasaki’s hybrid recalls, the new Speed Twin 1200 and KTM’s Woes, plus much more…
By Simon Hargreaves30/09/2024 - Bike Features
How Fast Is A Triumph Rocket 3?
BikeSocial’s Rocket Launch takes over RAF Elvington’s runway to find out
By Simon Hargreaves26/09/2024