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 now competing for Bathams AJN Racing in 2026. He is riding on a Ducati Panigale V4 R.
The 23-year-old also made headlines for winning on his Superstock class debut in the North West 200 earlier this year.

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! Vanessa is an incredible character and it’s no wonder she’s also a motivational speaker, and this is an episode that will make you want to grab life by the horns, and not be put off by anything!

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 he was little!

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 over 17 million views on her videos that feature rides, reviews and bike builds.