Shame for all the people who will now loose their jobs. Never been a fan of anything that they made, way over priced and for me just pig ugly. https://www.visordown.com/news/breaking-ccm-motorcycles-has-entered-administration
I liked the bikes and test rode the range but with just the one engine they were a bit limited. The GP450 was an interesting concept and funnily enough, I was looking at a 300 mile old 17 plate today. Glued alloy frame seems a bit bizarre but it looked the part.I first sat on one at the NEC soon after it's launch, so it's a shame it was dropped rather than developed further as the adventure market is a very prospering section currently. The Spitfires at one point were appreciating and were selling for more than the initial pricing but unfortunately the cost rose to probably unacceptable and unsustainable levels.
Sad that they are having to make practically everybody redundant. Best of luck to all those involved. I put my name down for the first Skunkworx model in 2017 but eventually decided it was too expensive for me and too limited. Having been marketed on the basis of exclusivity, I found it odd that the many variations of the original concept then just had slightly different bits bolted onto the same chassis and engine, some of which were pretty odd looking IMHO. I thought that devalued the limited production claims - not important for me but surely must be for most people buying this kind of bike brand new.
I rode a mates scrambler, weird bloody thing,sounded lovely but was badly let down with micky mouse fastenings,and a keyless start that made triumphs effort seem top notch in comparison. Plus they changed the alloy tank to plastic while he was waiting in the line for delivery.
