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    CCM to close?

    Trail and dual-purpose bike manufactuer CCM is reportedly in administration and is not expected to resume motorcycle production in the near future. Allegedly, most of the staff at the Blackburn factory were made redundant.

    The administrators will now seek bids from anyone interested in taking over CCM as a going concern, or - more likely - buying the Blackburn site and perhaps the trademarks or any spares supply business.
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    Hey
    I used to live in blackburn as a kid, didn't know there was a motorbike factory there, it seems factory closures/redundancies are now commonplace all over the world. pretty sad really.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pete376403
    Blackburn, Lancashire? Famous for the ten thousand holes?**"A Day In The Life" - Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.
    yeah I'm bored at work!
    A wonderful album but not as good as The White Album or Revolver...
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    That's sad,but I kinda object to the 'trail bike' tag,CCM started out making balls out motocrossers out of left over BSA parts,that's how I will remember them.
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    Is that the firm Foggys Mrs is involved in?
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    Quote Originally Posted by SPman
    Is that the firm Foggys Mrs is involved in?
    Thats the one - not sure how much they are going to lose on this, but I'm guessing it isn't a tiny sum.

    The other thing that is a shame? Supermoto-ing bikes is getting popular - CCM were putting out bikes with purpose-built conversion kits. They were also about the only company I can think of that put out "lower height" models of a few of their bikes, so the class wasn't exclusive to the long-legged out there.
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    I was talking to a friend and she just bought one of these bikes last week a brand new 150cc trail bike for under $3k, I am impressed with the price, I have never heard of them before this thread , really wierd that she should buy one, she's never owned a bike before but got sick of watching her kids at motox anddecided to join them ( in a motherly manner of course)

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    CCM dont do 150cc bikes Toad.Their bikes are powered by either the 650 or 400cc Suzuki DR motors,with a 720 big-bore for more kicks.As Motu says they started out making motocross bikes then moved into road-bikes via trail machines.Their Supermoto models are really popular in the U.K. and ironically not long ago they greatly increased their dealer network.I posted a pic up here a while back of their RC30 which had a lot of guys dribbling.they dont deserve to go under having got to grips with issues like build-quality and being a company that actually listened to criticism from road-testers and improving their machines as a result.As far as I know they never made it to N.Z. or Oz,a real shame because your roads are ideal for SM`s.They`d be an ideal company for Suzuki to buy up,with their back-up behind bikes like the RC30 it`d be a world-beater.the one I like is the dual-sport,basically a big trailie/SM depending on which set of wheels you bolt on,simple but good idea.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moko
    CCM dont do 150cc bikes Toad.Their bikes are powered by either the 650 or 400cc Suzuki DR motors,with a 720 big-bore for more kicks.As Motu says they started out making motocross bikes then moved into road-bikes via trail machines.Their Supermoto models are really popular in the U.K. and ironically not long ago they greatly increased their dealer network.I posted a pic up here a while back of their RC30 which had a lot of guys dribbling.they dont deserve to go under having got to grips with issues like build-quality and being a company that actually listened to criticism from road-testers and improving their machines as a result.As far as I know they never made it to N.Z. or Oz,a real shame because your roads are ideal for SM`s.They`d be an ideal company for Suzuki to buy up,with their back-up behind bikes like the RC30 it`d be a world-beater.the one I like is the dual-sport,basically a big trailie/SM depending on which set of wheels you bolt on,simple but good idea.
    I'll ask her again what the brand is but I'm pretty sure that's what she said, bought it here in Gisborne, I'll check it out and post back.

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    hmm, very embarrassed, it's a cmg, 150cc trail bike, made in japan apparently, I got it wrong, but nevertheless, I think it's a very cheap bike, for a brand new one. It didn't seem right that something should be so cheap coming from england, it's rather a long way to come to little old NZ

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    Quote Originally Posted by Motu
    That's sad,but I kinda object to the 'trail bike' tag,CCM started out making balls out motocrossers out of left over BSA parts,that's how I will remember them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moko
    As far as I know they never made it to N.Z. or Oz,a real shame because your roads are ideal for SM`s.They`d be an ideal company for Suzuki to buy up,with their back-up behind bikes like the RC30 it`d be a world-beater.the one I like is the dual-sport,basically a big trailie/SM depending on which set of wheels you bolt on,simple but good idea.
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    Yeeaahhh,that's the one Nordie,if I remember right the footpegs were welded to the engine cases,I have seen one in the flesh.The Rotax one looks like a real mean sucker too.
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    I read elsewhere on KB that the Australian licence laws have been changed to allow learners to ride 650`s and SM`s are really popular.Be tragic if CCM fold when they could really crack that market.

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