2019 Mutt 125 Mastiff

30th June 2019

125cc | Suzuki cloned engine | £3,495

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Would this dog give you a bone? Mutt Motorcycles is certainly hoping that it will stir your loins and encourage you to put your hand in your pocket. The Birmingham firm, which specialises in small-but-perfectly-formed funked-up motorcycles, calls this dog the Mastiff and is currently touting it as the top of its range.

Powered by the same 125cc, single-cylinder, air-cooled, Chinese-built Suzuki clone, Mutt has thrown extra knobbly rubber on the 18-inch wire wheels, enlarged the fuel tank by 5 litres to 17 (when compared to other models in the range), has bolted on a stainless steel exhaust, a heavy duty sump guard, LED indicators and numerous treats hidden everywhere in plain sight. And because the Mutt guys are bikers through to the core, they know exactly what's likely to turn on their customers.

So okay, there's a danger here of producing so many variations on a theme that the customer will be stuck for choice and won't make a choice. Certainly, Mutt has a very large range of similar bikes in an effort to suit all tastes. So far, we're not mentally saturated by the variants in the Mutt stable, but we're getting there. How about you?

Regardless, the bikes are all thoroughly prepped and ready for some action on the street—or, in this case, in the mud; but clearly not for any serious off road fun. The Mastiff is a streetster, and we think it will look fine on any street. Pity that the firm hasn't the capital to produce an in-house engine that would really give the bike some individuality.

Maybe that will come.

If you're interested in the Mastiff, you'll need to find £3,495. We tried to find out exactly when the bikes are available, but no one was there to answer our call. Take a note of that, Muttmen.

www.muttmotorcycles.com

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