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Originally Posted by Ben_88
Don't suppose yours (or your tank) are up for sale 
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Sadly not - the CCM still figures large in some of my travel plans and is still used regularly.
I would have thought that any of the "old skool" CCMs - 604s or 644s must be cheap as chips now and with a bit of prep work I'm sure they would be good overlanders. They're solid enough and simple enough anyway. The main problem is the lack of off-the-shelf upgrade bits that makes modding XTs and DRZs straightforward. I don't know how handy you are with a welding torch or similar but having to make everything totally from scratch is something you either love or hate doing.
Re tanks, where there's a will there's a way and the only real problem with fitting a larger plastic tank is getting something that fits over the frame tube. Making up mounts for it isn't really that big a problem (you may have seen some of the lash ups that Acerbis concoct for their factory fit solutions). I suspect the 644 may be a better bet for this as the cam drive on the 604 sticks out a bit and can hit the bottom of some tanks, preventing them sitting down far enough. I was lucky with mine but it didn't stop me buying the bike.
Despite some initial misgivings I'm coming round to the new 450, but it is a lot of money that could go into the trip.
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