Ready For Take-Off
Bike UK|January 2018

Bike heads for Bolton to watch the first CCM Spitfires roll off the production line. Expect tales of proper engineering, an if-we-build-it-theywill-come business plan and bacon sarnies…

Jonathan Pearson
Ready For Take-Off

WHEN, IN LATE 2016, CCM lost the supply of BMW derived engines for their GP450 adventure bike, the Bolton company needed a new plan. And quick. Inspiration came during the firm’s daily 10am tea and bacon butty break: ‘We all sat around a table and talked,’ says company director Austin Clews. ‘We were looking for something to bring to market quickly using the UK MSVA (Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval) route for registering bikes. Chris (Ratcliffe – chief design engineer) had a few ideas, as did a few of the boys downstairs on the factory floor and we said, ok let’s give it a go.’

The MSVA rules enable a manufacturer of the scale of CCM to make a limited production machine with no catalytic converter, no airbox, a less restrictive silencer and no ABS. What they came up with was a unique interpretation of the street scrambler idea. Was it refreshing not having to comply with EU regulations to build the Spitfire? ‘Oh aye, hell yeah!’ confirms designer Ratcliffe between slurps of tea.

この記事は Bike UK の January 2018 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

この記事は Bike UK の January 2018 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

BIKE UKのその他の記事すべて表示
Bike UK

Mae Rasys Ffordd Yn Mynd

Look out Isle of Man the Welsh are coming, August 2018…

time-read
2 分  |
January 2018
Bike UK

Ready For Take-Off

Bike heads for Bolton to watch the first CCM Spitfires roll off the production line. Expect tales of proper engineering, an if-we-build-it-theywill-come business plan and bacon sarnies…

time-read
3 分  |
January 2018
Bike UK

Motorcycling: The Next Ten Years

Imagine a world where bikes know where cars are coming from, and vice versa. A world where there are no traffic jams, far fewer collisions and no filthy smog. In this building a very different future of motorcycling is being created. And it’s got an awful lot going for it, especially for bikers…

time-read
6 分  |
January 2018
Bike UK

The Cuba Option

In 1996, adventurer Chris Baker shipped his BMW R100GS to Cuba. He learned a lot in three months and even wrote a book about it. It’s a great place to ride a bike…

time-read
3 分  |
March 2018
BMW R1200GS Rambler
Bike UK

BMW R1200GS Rambler

Accessory giants Touratech show how far the big GS can really go...

time-read
2 分  |
April 2017
Suzuki SX-S750
Bike UK

Suzuki SX-S750

You have to feel a bit sorry for poor ols Suzuki,they tick all the right boxes with their new GSX-S,but it's still not enough.

time-read
2 分  |
April 2017
Bike UK

Ride Like The Wind

Named after a Pyrenean breeze Triumph’s Tramontana tackles the Panafrica Rally and proves it’s more than just a PR stunt…

time-read
2 分  |
January 2018
Bike UK

Into The Valley

5 November, snow storms shut the Stelvio Pass for what could be winter. 4 November, Ben Lindley pops through on a 2018 R1200GS Adventure heading for Milan, and EICMA. At least that’s the plan...

time-read
7 分  |
January 2018
Bike UK

Ducati Monster 821

Revised middleweight takes style advice from Monster 1200, but is it enough?

time-read
4 分  |
January 2018
Bike UK

Honda GL1800 Gold Wing

After four decades at the top of the tourer pile, the legendary Honda Gold Wing gets a thorough reworking for 2018. And Bike have already ridden it...

time-read
3 分  |
January 2018