Leamington company is showcasing custom built ‘affordable’ motorcycle for new riders

A Leamington company is showcasing a custom-built ‘affordable’ motorcycle aimed at young and new riders which it hopes to develop to sell.

Vice Motorcycles is a spin-off from Carl Harris’s design engineering business Charlie Victor Limited, based at the Victoria Business Centre.

The team has been working on three custom builds and this is the first to have been completed.

It is based on a125cc Akita from Mutt Motorcycles in Birmingham and the concept was for ‘an affordable café racer-style bike’.

Carl applied its colours and graphics in the style of a 1960s privateer TT race entry.

He said: "If there’s sufficient interest in the bike we will develop a road-going version for sale.

"As well as displaying it at custom shows and at Mutt HQ people can see it at the Arch Day event at Victoria Business Centre on July 8.”