The last months have been the beginning of the end of a brand of motorcycles as iconic and emblematic as CCM Motorcycles is. The Bolton’s firm, founded by Alan Clews in 1971, announced that it closed last June after declaring creditors. A trend is, that of the disappearance of the so -called European niche brands, which seems to spread in the two -wheeled sector quickly and worrying.
CCM Motorcycles distributed in 123 lots
Subsequently, at the announcement of the end of the activity in the part of CCM Motorcycles, Langen issued a public statement where he announced that he offered their facilities and resources so that the owners of a Spitfire or GP450 could continue to have the necessary technical coverage with which to conveniently maintain their respective mounts.
Now, thanks to MCN’s companions, we have known the following episode in the history of the already missing CCM Motorcycles. This goes through the sale of all the assets that remained in stock prior to the announcement of the final closure of the brand, the same as at the time Gateway Auctions Limited. A company specialized in this type of purchases with Lancashire headquarters and that is now offering them from its official website within an auction that includes until 123 different lots.
On the other hand, in addition to the material acquired by Gateway Auctions Limited, the latter is also now the owner of the brands recorded by CCM Motorcycles, so they hope to finish assembling the motorcycles that were half finished, with the stock of available parts. For this, they are already in negotiations with some former CCM employees who wish to hire to carry out this task.
It is expected to be able Between 80 and 110 copies of the different models that the brand itself marketed until now. Likewise, from Gateway they have announced the intention to continue using the CCM facilities to be able to undertake this task, although two of the three buildings that made up the factory of the British firm. It has also been confirmed that no technical service of any kind will be offered to the current and future customers of the brand.
Within the diverse material that we can find for sale on the official gateway website of Limited, we can find from just over 40 motorcycle specimens of various brand models, including GP450, Spitfire Scrambler MX, MX450 GP, to even the prototypes with which some of them were developed, including the concept of the Project X that presented CCM at the end of the last year at the end of the last year. of Motorcycle Live 2024.
David SunderlandDirector of auction of Gateway Auctions Limited, commented on the operation of the events that are held in your company: “Ultimately, what we do is sell assets, and in many cases come from companies in difficulties.” Has also confirmed that “There is a huge amount of stock”referring to the material for sale of CCM.
It ends by declaring that, under his point of view, and in relation to the assets of CCM Motorcycles, he thinks that “The best solution is to get rid of some stocks in this first auction of finished motorcycles, with the intention of then finishing them with some former employees who return.”
