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Originally Posted by chasbmw
Molliedog,
None of those bikes are currently available in the UK.
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For good reasons - you are referencing the old stuff from the Japanese.
Nevertheless, it is taking a while for the message to sink in with those who don't actually get the new bikes imported into places such as the USA --
CCM sold every one of the GP450 bikes they manufactured.
They gave every appearance of considering the USA market but found that they didn't need it.
The company remain in business, meeting a market that is much more bespoke, even specialised, than the mass produced "stack them high and sell them cheap" market; there is room for both in this world and it is the way that the UK needs to move, increasingly, in the future (it is what the UK has been doing for some time in any case).
For those who aren't aware, SWM are producing their Euro 4 compliant engine in the "old" Italian factory that is actually newly built -- the one that was updated by BMW when they manufactured Husqvarna machines there.
The whole SWM shebang has been financed with Chinese money, via Shineray I believe (that last bit would need an amount of further research for anyone who is really interested in such things).
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Dave
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