Handling-wise, it was a bit heavy to take around twists and corners, and the brakes are only adequate. Mutt stated that the bike can reach a top speed of about 128 km/h, which is fair enough given its displacement and par for the course for 250cc classics. With just 21 hp, it won’t win many drag races, and the bike had a hard time cracking 100 km/h in good time. The engine is a little slow to rev up, which is totally fine given that it has just enough performance to get you going and going far. That’s what it was meant for in the first place, right? The throttle is rather slow to deliver power through its five-speed gearbox and to the rear wheel, which is fine if you’re not racing. So it’s not a performance engine, but it does exceedingly well in cruising. Mutt may have made a bold claim of it being “super” but we see why they were positioning this setup as a tourer because it just works if you’re cruising along, and for a classic single it’s decently smooth with a chill throttle hand. It’s not such a super-single, but it’s a good single. Once you get up to speed, the bike can get a little eager in the mid-range of its powerband but don’t expect tons of performance out of it because its eagerness drops off at about 4,000 to 5,000 RPM. You can even leave it in second gear and it will crawl through traffic happily with some minimal tugging on the clutch lever. Then once it goes, the bike likes to chug along smoothly at low engine speeds. At first glance, it looked like the bike was carbureted, but it comes with a reliable fuel injection system that doesn’t require any choking or warming up, it just goes. The engine that the GT-SS comes with is a Suzuki motor that has 250ccs of displacement and one piston. Though, for a small-cc motorcycle, the GT-SS is a very easy rider that we can kind of see why Mutt went with the idea of a “Grand Tourer Super Single,” which is what GT-SS stands for. If you wanted to go far, it was just a matter of working up the courage and strength to do so, that and the upright handlebars help a lot, that’s most important. Back when expressways were non-existent, if you wanted to ride, you just did. It can be done, and you can’t say that you can’t. It’s not totally impossible to tour on a sub-400cc motorcycle.
The saving grace is that it comes with a beefy rubber pad to soften the blow slightly, but it still hurts nonetheless. If you’ve ever experienced hitting your shin on a footpeg of a motorcycle, be prepared to hurt your calf as well. While they are extremely stable especially if you stand on them, they get in the way if you’re trying to put a foot down or are trying to waddle the bike into a parking slot. The fixed footpegs are also a hassle to get around. In fact, it only took about three before we started to feel a bit of a pinch in the posterior. In our experience, the seat wasn’t particularly comfortable given long hours. We suppose that it’s fair to say that it is a mid-distance tourer. Then we get into the not-so-great part about the GT-SS. The paint was also done exceptionally well, and there was no misalignment in the parts, no loose bolts or flimsy panels anywhere-it’s just a well-built bike. There wasn’t an ounce of rattle on this motorcycle, and we believe that’s its best quality-the quality.
Design-wise it’s a cut above the more common classics you can find on the road, and a lot of its parts are well-installed and tight.
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The tank grips certainly help with keeping your posture on the bike plus the diamond grips also provides a good amount of grip for long hours on the saddle. The raised tracker handlebars straighten you up just enough so you can hug the tank and not tire out too quickly. It doesn’t look the part of an adventure-tourer, but it is tour-friendly. That pretty much sums it up for us, correlating what Mutt stated in its marketing material with our experience with it.
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