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CCM moving along
Anyone with an eye on what CCM plans are will know that the GP450 model is discontinued, the 450 cc engine being killed off by the EU emissions regulations.

CCM have announced that the GP450 will be replaced with a new model of around 600cc (a GP600??) with an engine that likely will come from Italy (same one that is to be fitted in the SWM bike)..

Meanwhile, CCM will not stand idle: Here's their recently announced Spitfire - a limited production run starting in the Autumn (that's "the Fall" to some of you).

http://www.ccm-motorcycles.com/_incl...es_Updated.pdf
This style of machine is quite the rage for some people and the Spitfire should keep the CCM employees busy until the GP600 is on the assembly line.

the Spit reminds me of my G650X Country.
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Anyone with an eye on what CCM plans are will know that the GP450 model is discontinued, the 450 cc engine being killed off by the EU emissions regulations.

CCM have announced that the GP450 will be replaced with a new model of around 600cc (a GP600??) with an engine that likely will come from Italy (same one that is to be fitted in the SWM bike)..

Meanwhile, CCM will not stand idle: Here's their recently announced Spitfire - a limited production run starting in the Autumn (that's "the Fall" to some of you).

http://www.ccm-motorcycles.com/_incl...es_Updated.pdf
This style of machine is quite the rage for some people and the Spitfire should keep the CCM employees busy until the GP600 is on the assembly line.

the Spit reminds me of my G650X Country.
Seems that I will have to look for second hand GP 450....
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Take a look at uk Ebay, usually a selection for sale at prices between £5500 and £7000, chose a later bike......

I’m hoping that the Gp600 will be showcased at this years NEC bike show in a couple of weeks time, but it maybe that they are are spending too much time and energy fabricating baubles for the hipster generation.
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I’m hoping that the Gp600 will be showcased at this years NEC bike show in a couple of weeks time,
The last time I looked at the "NEC Motorcycle live" web page, the bit about CCM was not promising anything specific about the GP600.
Certainly, the Spitfire will be on display.

The SWM part of that same web page said that they are selling the 600 engine to more than one other bike manufacturer: from memory, that included some entity known as "MAC" (I think that is what it was - I wasn't taking much notice at the time, basically).
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there was some chatter on the various CCM facebook pages, indicating that there might be a GP600 at the NEC.......Good if there was they must be getting to an end of the Spitfire variants, they do say that there will be a 'flattracker' on Show.
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Those speculating on an upcoming CCM600 (or the SWM superdual and AJP PR7 which both use the same engine) a word of warning! While short service intervalls might be acceptable for the spitfires, which are probably just used for the sunday ride to the favorite cafe, it is totally unacceptable to do valve clearance checks every 5000km and replace the valve timing chain, chain gears and tensioner after only 20.000km on a bike that is used for long distance touring!
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Too true! I'm a bit behind on what's going on with these bikes.
I'm assuming CCM's engine supply was cut off by either BMW ... or by the producer of the GP450 motor, Kymco (Taiwan).

It's a shame CCM could not make a deal to continue production ... or better yet, add a 600cc engine to the line up.

Not sure about the long term reliability will be on the motor mentioned above that is
apparently) being used in several bikes ... none of which I've ever seen in person. Tell me again WHO makes the motor
you're talking about?

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