I raced motocross in the late 70's early 80's and there were a few CCM's in the same events. The sound of them was both awesome and different and although in the hands of amateurs, they struggled to compete with the lightweight two strokes, I wanted one. I never did own a CCM motocross bike, but fast forward a few years and I bought a CCM supermoto. I still own it and will probably only consider selling it when I finally hang my helmet up for good..
@thewotsit Жыл бұрын
Well, at least we still make bog roll and wagon wheels.
@williamrae9954 Жыл бұрын
Just working on my CCM tonight, 1 of 2 i own! Bob Wright on a CCM, was part of my childhood! Clews have links in Scotland, the Duchess of Argyll was a Clews,i saw her grave on Iona,she's lying near John Smith, the former Labour leader!
@hawsrulebegin7768 Жыл бұрын
Good to see they are still going.
@carlnapp44124 ай бұрын
I always fancied a CCM, sadly I never had the dough to purchase one. So I stuck with Bultaco and Montesa. Mind you, very good bikes they were!
@michaelturner4457 Жыл бұрын
Triumph are still around, making bikes in Hinckley, UK.
@jakedeane5304 Жыл бұрын
All that’s left 😢
@ltipst2962 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant and beautiful bikes too. Wanted around the world. But I do think triumph make bikes in another part of the world now predominantly. I may be wrong.
@cyrillicsam Жыл бұрын
Sorry to disappoint you but most of the output comes from 3 factories in Chonburi, Thailand. From Wikipedia < In February 2020 it was announced that Triumph would be moving the remainder of large scale motorcycle production, including the Tiger 1200 and Speed Triple production lines to their Thailand factories, leaving only the specialist Triumph Factory Customs and prototype builds remaining in the UK. Whilst the R&D department remains within the UK (and 20 additional staff have been taken on in that department), substantially larger redundancies were announced amongst production staff. >
@ltipst2962 Жыл бұрын
@@cyrillicsam you don't disappoint us you disappoint the whole nation :'(
@sandgrownun66 Жыл бұрын
Never. Knock me over with a feather. The only thing which connects the old Triumph company, with the new one, is the name.
@detectingadventuresscotlan6177 Жыл бұрын
Old guy owned local bike shop did the TT races passed yrs ago was old man had the pic in his shop
@martinbanks3849 Жыл бұрын
I had one, a 500 four valve, long time ago wish i still had it.
@limyrob13837 ай бұрын
Used to go to scrambles in the 60's and 70's. Loved watching and hearing the CCMs, rode a BSA at the time (still do) so I was especially happy to see them. Great bikes, but that moustache!
@bananabrooks383610 ай бұрын
A couple of mistakes here. The magazine shops were owned by his wifes family, he married into them and the chap guiding a bike down the stairs in the video was the one wheel building behind the newsagent counter.
@kingkong81icloud Жыл бұрын
I would have one of them CCMs now, even though am a 2 stroke head I would have a old twin shock
@ltipst2962 Жыл бұрын
Magazine stall is a throwback. Able to buy anything running a magazine stall would be knowing the secret to liquid gold nowadays.
@OlafProt Жыл бұрын
Turns out, no they can’t.
@ltipst2962 Жыл бұрын
Ok so we've learned if BBC says can ** save ** bet against it
@glxxyz Жыл бұрын
Betteridge at work
@ancientbriton82629 ай бұрын
That’s Norman Barrow in the yellow of the sales team, sad fact that Norman passed away as a result of a mountain bike accident, the irony 😢
@michaelcoates70689 ай бұрын
Bob Wright always won on ccm when it rained in Haslingden in three 70s
@adeh503 Жыл бұрын
Boycie before he got into the car trade
@garethwatts_ Жыл бұрын
bitter sweet for me where i live at the back of my nans house in the lane steven haines had one identical to those motocrossers sponsership and so on very good rider only young and the yokes snapped on landing a big off and the bikes behind hit him i believe . cant help thinking it was ccm's fault but in court they were cleared but steve ended up in a wheel chair after the accident. i did bump into the owner at the nec and i mentioned steve but he never wanted to talk about it . such a shame steve was a great fella and his dad roy . i never got to own those type of moto crossers but i did buy a 97 604 which i think started as a moto crosser and i also bought a 604 ds which has SM wheels , i still have them great bikes love the enthusiasm of the rotax
@bananabrooks383610 ай бұрын
I'd heard someone talk about the magnesium yokes being suspect but have never been able to find out more and lve read the print off the 'Rolling Thunder' book.
@BarryJTaylor9 ай бұрын
I remember them back in the 70s hete in Aus. They didnt even compete with a 250 two stroke. About the same time Honda were trying to introduce the XR as competitive with two strokes. I remember my first ride on one and thinking WTF ... then feeling embarrassed that Id even given them the benefit of the doubt.
@jeremyjames6350 Жыл бұрын
Lovely old bikes
@glxxyz Жыл бұрын
There are plenty of CCM bikes at Canadian Tire.
@bananabrooks383610 ай бұрын
The firms full title was CCM Britain for this very reason.
@glxxyz10 ай бұрын
@@bananabrooks3836 Clews Competition Machines vs Canada Cycle & Motor
@paulharris773810 ай бұрын
Does anyone know the name of the rider with the tash and green jersey?
@michaelcoates70689 ай бұрын
I think that was bob Wright I believe he was a farmer
@jackiechan8840 Жыл бұрын
Is the man doing voice over at the beginning the guy from HardTalk? Sounds like him.
@sandgrownun66 Жыл бұрын
No. Luke Casey is not Tim Sebastian.
@jackiechan8840 Жыл бұрын
@@sandgrownun66 Are you sure Luke did voice at beginning?
@sandgrownun66 Жыл бұрын
@@jackiechan8840 Interesting. I noticed that as well. I'm not sure the reason for the two voices. It does sound a lot like Tim Sebastian at the start. His biography states that Sebastian began his journalism career at Reuters in 1974, moving to the BBC as foreign correspondent in Warsaw in 1979.
@martynbeaumont11002 ай бұрын
Sad to watch this. The British Motorcycle industry died because they didn't develop two strokes to compete with Japanese. Especially in racing. And then CCM carry on with old 4 strokes.
@RudolphJacqueline2 ай бұрын
463 Helga Port
@davidjpeacock Жыл бұрын
Did he say 'Britisher'?
@Dreyno Жыл бұрын
It was an old fashioned way to say “British”. More or less died out nowadays.
@sandgrownun66 Жыл бұрын
The same way as a German would call an American an Amerikaner.
@davidjpeacock Жыл бұрын
@@Dreyno Fascinating! I've never encountered this before.
@Dreyno Жыл бұрын
@@davidjpeacock The term continued in India, USA etc. for a long time after it stopped being used in Britain. By the time this was recorded it was only used for a bit of editorial colour. Nowadays it’s an oddity and it’s not unusual you wouldn’t have heard it used.
@fidelcatsro6948 Жыл бұрын
At least he tried.... he would have succeeded well if he tried to convert them into simpler 2 stroke air cooled monsters! Alan Clews died in 2018 aged 79..
@MrSimonmcc Жыл бұрын
What? Have you seen how many 4 stroke off road bikes are around nowadays? He would have succeeded if he'd got the financial help he deserved.
@fidelcatsro6948 Жыл бұрын
@@MrSimonmcc they only came 4 stroke after the world started demonizing 2 strokes as pollutive..this happened only about a decade ago.. this man had at least 25yrs unused opportunity to play with 2 strokes
@sandgrownun66 Жыл бұрын
@@fidelcatsro6948 He more than played with them. He made a successful business making and selling them. Do you comment on History Debunked by any chance?
@jasonayres Жыл бұрын
"Competing with the Japanese.." This is the problem. I've seen Japanese looking Triumph and Norton bikes. Ho - hum. It's.. The "brand". As Harley Davidson is to the USA. Royal Enfield, now an Indian company, have a very "British" looking bike, and it is a business idea that has done alright for them. For reasons already pointed out, it was never a good idea trying to compete with the Japanese. P. S. "With the right type of government help.." There's a lot to unpack in this one statement, in itself.
@sandgrownun66 Жыл бұрын
"I've seen Japanese looking Triumph and Norton bikes. "Where do you get that statement from? The Japanese took a lot of British technology, and improved it. Anyone would be a fool not to incorporate any advances in their products. Today, there is a lot more homogeneity in products such as cars and motorbikes. It's a good way to cut costs, but it does lead to things all looking the same.
@JSmith198589 ай бұрын
CCM fell in to the same trap as the rest of them. They were still building the same bike in 1980 as they were in 1977. Owning Japanese MX bikes from 1976 and 1980, and being able to see the pace of development across them, while a 1977 CCM was competitive, my 1980 YZ465 would put a CCM in the ground. It's the same short sighted lack of development and investment that killed them all off
@IkeHodgkiss-y2lАй бұрын
D'Amore Junctions
@brianc4594 Жыл бұрын
From 9:00 , so that's how Britain's great industries went to nothing.
@georgplaz Жыл бұрын
I can't help myself, but the intro really sounds like some lobby group helped in the writing 😬
@michaelcoates70689 ай бұрын
Bell
@johnathandaviddunster38 Жыл бұрын
BRITISH arms industry is doing WELL MIND you aways HAD BRILLIANT sales staff randy Andy, mark Thatcher etcetc
@sandgrownun66 Жыл бұрын
I don't think either names could sell a bean can. They were in it for themselves, rather than the UK sell more arms.
@DonLeistАй бұрын
Sham factory system.
@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206 Жыл бұрын
1977 ...Can CCM Save the British Motorcycle Industry ??? 2023.... NO!
@buzzofftoxicblog791 Жыл бұрын
Amazing story love the CCM . 2023 and we're seeing the end of Toyota because of lack of innovation. maybe having some of their own medicine now regarding the electric car market and renewable energy and the end of toxic ice
@williamrae9954 Жыл бұрын
Toyota will survive ,will Volkswagen...just laid off 200 from their EV plant due to poor sales?
@bananabrooks383610 ай бұрын
...and in Motogp, Honda and Yamaha struggling, Suzuki quitting which Kwak did long ago.
@desantos1234 Жыл бұрын
Welp, now them and AJS are still around but just the name, their bikes are fully made in china now lmao. My first bike when I was 16 was a 2 stroke 4 gear AJS JSM 50. British name, British company, but fully made in China. Ever since ive had a Suzuki, Honda, bmw and on my 3rd Yamaha, and with the exception of the bmw, the Japanese quality is undeniable, especially for the pricepoint, its why the homeland bikes died off as the jap bikes took over. Same for cars too
@j.d.4697 Жыл бұрын
And Jaguar are Indian cars now. I am all for globalization, but not like this. 🤦
@Markcain268 Жыл бұрын
Austin helped the Japanese after WW2 showing them how to build cars on a production line, they also gave them the rights to produce the old Austin seven engine
@desantos1234 Жыл бұрын
@@Markcain268 and now in the 21st century its the other way around, bmw's flagship bike, the S1000rr was built off of the 2006 Suzuki GSXR 1000 engine, i had a 2011 BMW S1000rr, they did add some fancy gizmos to it, but the bike was japanese engineering at its core. Nowadays its only the japanese manufacturers that are the innovators, the european companies like bmw, ktm and triumph only seem to gradually adapt to what the jap manufacturers have to offer, such as Yamaha's crosplane inline 2 cylinder they put in their MT07, I had an MT07 as well, KTM copied the configuration for their 790 duke that they released a couple years back, just to name an example
@ltipst2962 Жыл бұрын
Bet that Suzuki is a nice bike
@desantos1234 Жыл бұрын
@@ltipst2962 Im literally discussing trading in my Yamaha MT10 for a Suzuki GSXR 1000 as we speak 😅