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Originally Posted by mollydog
... it will be OK. But £8K? Over the top!
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Not sure £8k is over the top, try pricing up an equivalent KTM/Yamaha 450cc enduro bike with no fairing, less fuel capacity and no luggage capability apart from slinging a Giant Loop over the rear and and then factor in the cost of those mods to bring it up to a similar spec to the CCM.
I know from experience what it costs to do the same to a KTM 690 Enduro and you couldn't do it for under £8k unless you fabricate a lot of the components yourself and even then, factor in some sort of sensible hourly rate for your labour and It still can't be done. I remember prepping a DRZ for a 4 month South America trip and spending approximately 150 hours on the bike which included all of the running about getting parts powder coated and buying tools, parts and materials. Extending the subframe and fabricating pannier frames for a CRF230F recently totalled 15+ hours.
I'm not in the market for such a bike but I want CCM to succeed with this bike as more choice can only be a good thing.
There appears to be a few folk on the 'net who are are against this bike despite the majority never having ridden one. :confused1:
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