Originally Posted by stuxtttr

I wish anyone well with their new bike and hope its a happy journey.

They look ace but then so did my CCM 604 back in 1999, it had lots of trick parts and looked so sweet, but looks arent everything and I'm afraid thats where the dream ended.

To put it mildly it was the most unreiliable heap of shite, when it ran it was a joy it let me down so many times it ruined all that, I was lucky to enjoy a trip to Portugal and back across the Picos Europa but I could have done the same on a Honda without all the heartache and I would probably still own the XR 400 that I should have purchased instead of the CCM.

I remember the week before I picked mine up MCN suddenly ran an article on how tempremental they were and I very nearly cancelled mine!!

Its all well and good saying people are giving negative opinions, well the negativity comes from a high cost product from a company with a very sketchy background. If I had 8k to invest in a bike I don't think I would take a gamble on an unproven product that could completely ruin an adventure. Are CCM still knocking out chineese junk re branded with red plastics and snazzy graphics for double what they cost elsewhere? Yeah great company destroying the future of biking by selling utter tat to youngsters who could be put off motorcycling for life and don't have the spare money to keep replacing engines made from jelly.

I really do hope this new venture works for them because its not fair to charge 8k for a bike that the customers are going to develop and test for you.

Just make sure that if you venture far away from civilisation on one of these that you take a mate on a proven bike to bring you home.