![]() Let's start with the longer-term review bike - the 125cc Akita. These bikes are made for cruisin', and that's just what they'll do. Clutch lever placement is spot on and clutch travel very pleasant to the point that it is nigh on impossible to accidentally stall the engine. In this respect, both the 125cc and 250cc Akitas perform beautifully. One of the biggest concerns for newer riders is stalling the engine when setting off. Mutt Motorcycles are brand new bikes designed in-house and built-to-order as standard or customized to the owner's preference. Having spent many years making larger high-end custom bikes, Mutt Motorcycles applies the same attention to detail to the smaller bikes, offering endless possibilities for personalized detail changes. Mutt Motorcycles applies the same build quality and style to small cc bikes that are easy to throw around city streets and country lanes, making the custom bike scene that much more accessible to more riders. Originating from Digbeth, Birmingham in the UK, and having spent over 15 years building custom bikes, Mutt Motorcycles is founded on the ethos to deliver bikes that are easy to ride and maintain, affordable to buy and run, whilst giving the same feel and sound of a classically styled custom machine. One that's as comfortable cruising down Orchard Road and being ogled by onlookers as it is tackling twists and turns on a weekend Tour de Singapour Street Edition ride around our little red dot. Maybe as a daily rider, which Mutt's range is more than capable of doing, but also one to call their own. They've just gotten their Class 2B or 2A licence, the latter possibly after a long hiatus post the former sans street-riding experience in the interim, and are keen to finally get a bike after having been stymied for one reason or another earlier in life. Not necessarily, but likely, in their late 30s or older. ![]() ![]() If eyeball-searing speed and hair-raising acceleration are one's goals, the Yamahas, Kawasakis, KTMs and BMWs of the motorbike world can satisfy those desires. before scoffing at Mutt Motorcycles' lack of Class 2 options. This is without even mentioning the list of current Mutt owners which includes Tom Hardy (Actor), Reggie Yates (Entertainer / Documentarian), James May (The Grand Tour/Presenter), Skin (Musician/Skunk Anansie), Ben Ransom (Rugby), Iwan Thomas (Athlete), Rob Halliday (Musician/The Prodigy) and Lee Malia (Musician/Bring Me The Horizon). Mutt Motorcycles have expanded into Japan, sold out 2018’s range completely, collaborated on secret projects with some the biggest stars in the world and moving soon into new territories across the world. To top it all off the GT-SS is available in with either big knobbly mud churning tyres in the Tracker model or with white line riding smooth road tyres on the Roadster model. The neat little details that Mutts are renowned for are present and accounted for as well the GT-SS has got super cool machined LED indicators, CNC machined headlight brackets, satin-finished aluminium fork caps and head stem nut and sharp as you like black anodised handlebar clamps. All the way down to the gloss side panels and the hand contoured soft leather seat, exclusive to this model, this is one of the most stylish bikes the Birmingham masters have dropped so far. ![]() Starting with the larger 17-litre tank which has been specifically designed to have the capacity, but also the style to kick it with the other Mutts in the kennel. The GT-SS is built for the long ride into the sunset, newly equipped with the tools it needs to go the extra mile.and the rest. Mutt Motorcycles have been ripped through the countryside to the city, from Morroco to Leeds (more on that here ) from London to across Europe, so yeah, they’ve been about. You may be thinking no-one takes a small cc bike on tour, you would be wrong. They said it couldn’t be done, but Mutt has managed to send its rip-roaring, road chewing bikes kicking and screaming through a finishing school and have come out the other end with a mile-munching beast that can ride with the grandest of the grand tourers.
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