Hi, welcome to CCM Motorcycles here at the London Bike Show. My name is John Drogan. I'm going to
show you around some of the models we've got here today, and one very special bike that
we're launching right here at the show. So CCM is going into our 51st year and it's a real massive
achievement from the early days when Alan Clews first got refused when he wanted to buy a BSA race
bike back in the late 60s, and he thought, right I'll show them, I'll build my own bike. And really
that first step was going to change his life completely from motorcycle racer to motorcycle
builder. And this is his great legacy that he's left with us here in Bolton in the UK.
Now just looking at some of the bikes we've got here at the show. The bobbers are one of our
most popular styles of bike and they really do fit almost every single type of rider.
They look very laid back, they're probably our most comfortable bike with this great
tractor saddle that you can see. Very, very easy to ride. They fit huge burly bikers down to
petite ladies as well. And I'm not the biggest guy in the world
but, you know, it's just a very easy bike to to sit on and ride. And you can ride all day on them.
One famous customer, Bez, who's currently doing well on Dancing on Ice from the Happy Mondays,
he's got one of these. Absolutely loves it to bits. So this is a stock model with the
white wall tyres, the classic bobber look. But if you want something that looks a little bit more mean,
the stealth model here with the black and bronze tank and bronze chrome detailing on the frame
really does stand out. A little bit more badass if you like. But both great bikes. 600cc single,
loads of torque, and great fun and the twisties far more fun than that laid back image really, really
does belie. And the only thing that limits the way you can hustle through the corners are those low
slung pipes that you might see the odd little spark from if you get a bit too enthusiastic.
Now on to this motorcycle here, the Six. The Six is probably the next step up and it's a
similar sort of frame style. They've both got the separate rear subframe where the
seat goes. But as opposed to 17-inch wheels on the bobber, this one has the 19-inch wheel. So
again it's got a very kind of laid-back style but it really does hustle once, you know,
the mood takes you. And those beautiful sidewinder exhausts give plenty of ground clearance
and allow you to really enjoy all of that lovely torque that comes from that 600 motor.
The great thing about the Six is that you can really make the bike your own. So as you can see
this one's got the chrome, liquid chrome tank. It's got this beautiful blue frame coating. And
you can go for all sorts of different saddle styles. We've got different leathers, alcantara,
and some even vegan seats as well if you so choose. So you can completely customise these
bikes and make something truly unique. So onto one of our probably most versatile motorcycles.
The Maverick we launched last year. This is in the true sort of scrambler style which obviously
relates to the heritage of CCM starting back in the 70s out on the motocross tracks
of, well of Britain and Europe. This one has got the looks, you know,
you could kind of imagine someone on any Sunday riding this bike across Baja California. It really
is a very easy bike to ride, even with those kind of dual sport tyres, it really does hustle on
the road. But if you want to then go and explore where the road ends, this bike will allow you to
do that. It's a very very capable bike for doing a bit of green laning or just for exploring a few
forest tracks as well. One of our guys did very, very well in the Mallee Mile last year and,
you know, stick a pair of knobblies on on these bikes and they managed to embarrass pure enduro
bikes on the sprint circuits, on the dirt tracks of the Mallee last year. So very, very capable fun
bike, and these really suit somebody who, maybe they just want one bike that does all sorts of
different purposes. You know you can stick a passenger on the back if you so wish.
We can add extra foot rails on there. Maybe stick a luggage pack on the back. Do a little bit of,
you know, stick a tent on, go touring. Or just, you know, head down to the local bike meet
and attract lots of attention because they're such a pull the CCM. They really do stand out.
Now moving on to its sibling. Over here we have quite a sort of a famous bike in the background.
This is a tribute to the bike that featured in the Mark Wahlberg film Infinite which was
launched last year. And you know, you see so many movies where motorcycles play a big part.
When you look behind the scenes they've taken the manufacturer's bike,
they've stuck the tank onto a, you know, some kind of enduro dirt bike to do all the stunts,
well these bikes did the whole thing. Mark Wahlberg absolutely loved it.
He didn't do all the stunts, he had a couple of champion enduro riders doing all the hard stuff.
But the bikes did all the work, and they really were capable. So if you've not seen the movie
it's out on Amazon Prime as we speak, and you can see how capable these bikes are.
This is probably a much more classic scrambler style. So again we've got the chrome tank,
we've got these nice sort of, they're actually chrome painted carbon inserts that give you that
rolled aluminium look on the fenders. Lots of beautiful styling. High lift exhaust, and so on.
And it really does look the part. It would, you know, look very much at home next to our classic
motocross bikes that we have on display in the factory back in Bolton. So over to a couple of our
latest bikes, the street series, and it's a pair of bikes that share a lot in common, but both have
quite different personalities. So first of all with a Street Tracker it's got a beautiful pair
of 19-inch wheels which give it a real attitude. It's got that sort of stance of a snorting bull.
And the wheels are a lovely lace pair of Haan wheels with Excel rims. It gives it that sort of
purposeful look. It's sibling with the 17-inch rims, the Street Moto, is a gorgeous looking bike.
This uses a pair of really lightweight Dymag alloys and it gives it a completely different
look and attitude. So this is almost like a mini supermoto if you like. So if popping
wheelies and flicking it through your favorite sort of sinuous B-road is where you're at,
this is what this bike is aimed at. So loads of fun and of course a guaranteed grim factor.
Now we've saved the best till last and as I said before, we're celebrating
50 years of CCM, and this bike here is the culmination of all of that experience
on the racetracks of the world whether it's a motocross, on trials, at the TT,
flat track, you name it. CCM have competed at the highest level throughout. And this motorcycle here
is a tribute to the founder Alan Clews. And if you look closely on this lovely rear section,
that's a solid piece of aluminium billet, aircraft grade. And you can see that Alan Clew's signature
has been laser etched into the back there, in a nod to our founder who sadly passed away a couple
of years ago. He would have been really proud because one of the things that really inspired
him were the race bikes when he was competing back in the 60s and 70s, and BSA were running
a titanium frame motocross bike. And that's what Alan always wanted to do but never got the chance
to realise that. So in his honor we've taken that and we've created this stunning motorcycle.
So, obviously the centrepiece of this bike is that absolutely gorgeous raw titanium frame.
Now each of these frames will take one man a whole week to build and it's an incredible piece of
engineering. The skills that are required just to bend to these intricate trellis frame shapes. And
then of course, if you don't know titanium it's an incredibly difficult material to work with.
Each section's got to be welded in an oxygen-free environment and this is of course why this
material is incredibly expensive. But of course what it brings is a uniqueness, a beautiful look,
a lightness, and a strength. A strength to match steel but of course at a fraction of the weight.
So this is the lightest of all the CCMs. And along with the frame, we've got these beautiful
Dymag wheels which are the lightest race alloys that the British manufacturer builds. And again
that shaves off another 6 kilos of that whole weight. In total it's just a mere 136 kilos so
our bikes are no heavyweights at all. This bike will be incredible to ride on your favorite
twisty back road. I'm hoping that the people that buy them aren't just going to put them on
a pedestal and look at them. They really do deserve to be ridden. It's got at the heart
that classic Spitfire 600 motor. 600cc, loads and loads of torque, and a very,
very close ratio 6-speed gearbox. And you can really ride that wave, just grabbing the next gear
as you're flying to the next corner. And that's what it's all about. There's lots more titanium
on this bike. You can see this absolutely stunning piece of engineering. There are
67 individual sections that are hand welded together to create this stunning piece of exhaust.
And we've got two of those. Even though it's a single cylinder bike it's got two exhaust ports
and you've got those twin exhaust pipes to give it that balanced look. Other details, well we've got
Black Line Ohlins suspension throughout. We've got a gorgeous pair of four pot Brembo calipers.
It doesn't really need that because of the lightness, but it just gives that a beautiful look
and it's almost a one finger braking system such as the power and flexibility of those brakes.
Again on these wheels we've got a very sticky pair of Maxxis flat track race tyres. You've got a
unique carbon package of body work throughout the whole of the bike.
It's got a wonderful paint job by Image Design Works and custom painters,
to give a really unique look and you've got the Union Jack detailing there.
A brand new headlight is also included on this bike and this is
an active cornering headlight so it lights up the bends as you travel through. Now whether
anybody's going to be flying through the dark on these, I don't know. Might be a bit too scared to
take them out at night. But these lights really do light up the road. The details go further.
We're only making 71 of these bikes, so each of these machines will have a laser engraved number.
So this one of course is number 1 of 71. 1971-2021 and that really tells the story of this bike.
The saddle is a beautiful place to be. It's a semi-aniline hide with perforations and it's
got the 50th CCM logo embossed in there as well. We've got titanium footpegs. We've got
CNC machine controls throughout. Beautiful pair of Rizoma grips which really do give a beautiful
tactile feel. So this bike is all about lightness, it's about position of engineering, and it's about
using the highest quality materials sourced from as many British manufacturers as possible,
to really sum up 50 years of great British motorcycling. Now we welcome you. We've got
lots and lots of our heritage bikes on show in our Bolton factory. So we welcome you to come up,
visit the factory, we'll show you around. We've got bikes from the 70s through to
the present day to give a real picture of what CCM is all about. Thanks for watching.