CCM Opens Custom-Build Program

[advrider]

Want a muscular single-cylinder motorcycle that’s all your own—as in, you picked the colors and other features from the factory? CCM is ready to deliver with its new Commissioned program, offering custom takes on its Spitfire platform.

The Spitfire is, at its heart, a big four-stroke thumper, the same kind of bike that CCM has been known for ever since its foundation in the 1970s. The modern machines are powered by the same liquid-cooled, fuel-injected engine that was used in the old Husqvarna TE630 model. It’s rated for 55 hp and 35 lb-ft of torque. That engine is jammed into a chromoly twin-spar trellis frame… and what happens next is up to you.

While the basic chassis and engine is the same on all the custom Spitfire models, there’s a lot of other customization possible, if you have the money. Photo: CCM

CCM has always been a low-production-numbers company, and that means it can offer considerable customization. At the UK’s Motorcycle Live show last week (sort of like a British version of EICMA), CCM announced its Commissioned program, which lets buyers order a Spitfire that’s set up how they want. Would you fancy a dirt tracker, with 19-inch rims and knobby tires? Or maybe a bobber, with a shockingly shortened rear subframe? CCM had both of those on display, and as they’ve shown before, they can build a pretty cool Dakar or Baja 1000 tribute machine as well, if you want.

While the basic bike will be more or less the same mechanically no matter what configuration you choose (Marzocchi fork, YSS shock, big four-piston brake caliper up front), a visit to CCM’s website shows there are plenty of off-the-shelf options for customization and the factory is able to go even further if you want to spend the extra money. And yes, these bikes will be expensive. The base model Spitfire costs about $15.5K in USD, and you can figure on adding at least another $10k to the price once you start mixing-and-matching the options for seat, tank, wheels, tires, etc.

On the other hand, when you compare the price of this to a similar “factory custom” from Indian or Harley-Davidson, well, the price starts to look a lot more sensible… if a custom motorcycle could ever be called sensible.

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