Saul Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Flushed with success after finally fitting my CB’s main stand this morning I thought I better try it out with a ride to make sure all the as good. Well what was supposed to be a short loop ended up as a 94 mile round trip to Bude and back. It was a perfect sunny day so it will have been silly not to take advantage. Anyway after a lovely ride up the A39, google it, it is a great biking coast road, I dropped into North Cornwall Motorcycles. They had some really nice stuff in stock, spoilt for choice really. I saw several that I would have liked. I think my favourite was an old Kawasaki Z1100 closely followed by a stunning Norton Commando and a Honda CD50. But many other very nice bikes. Even though they had a great selection of bikes the attitude of the sales man was atrocious. When I was there he was slagging off a customer on the phone to who I guess was the owner. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Never spoke to me either. No worries I would never spend my money there. After that I went down to the river front for a cuppa and got chatting to a couple of bikers down there. Then an old chap came in on this CCM Bobber What a beautiful thing. I would love one after seeing it in the flesh, every time I looked at I spotted something different, just stunning. Also got chatting a CB500X owner who made me laugh as he reckoned my bike looked like any angry cockatoo with the screen I have. I can see what he meant. Great way to spend an afternoon in the sun. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Nice one Saul, good to see what other bike shops are selling. Unfortunately I have the polar opposite view of that CCM, it is butt-ugly pos imo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 On 04/04/2023 at 15:57, Saul said: Flushed with success after finally fitting my CB’s main stand this morning I thought I better try it out with a ride to make sure all the as good. Well what was supposed to be a short loop ended up as a 94 mile round trip to Bude and back. It was a perfect sunny day so it will have been silly not to take advantage. Anyway after a lovely ride up the A39, google it, it is a great biking coast road, I dropped into North Cornwall Motorcycles. They had some really nice stuff in stock, spoilt for choice really. I saw several that I would have liked. I think my favourite was an old Kawasaki Z1100 closely followed by a stunning Norton Commando and a Honda CD50. But many other very nice bikes. Even though they had a great selection of bikes the attitude of the sales man was atrocious. When I was there he was slagging off a customer on the phone to who I guess was the owner. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Never spoke to me either. No worries I would never spend my money there. After that I went down to the river front for a cuppa and got chatting to a couple of bikers down there. Then an old chap came in on this CCM Bobber What a beautiful thing. I would love one after seeing it in the flesh, every time I looked at I spotted something different, just stunning. Also got chatting a CB500X owner who made me laugh as he reckoned my bike looked like any angry cockatoo with the screen I have. I can see what he meant. Great way to spend an afternoon in the sun. Expand Great Saul.....they have some nice classics there! But why do all the dealers in your area sell RE's? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted April 4, 2023 Author Share Posted April 4, 2023 On 04/04/2023 at 16:30, XTreme said: Great Saul.....they have some nice classics there! But why do all the dealers in your area sell RE's? Expand Because they sell lots of em mate. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted April 5, 2023 Author Share Posted April 5, 2023 On 04/04/2023 at 16:07, boboneleg said: Nice one Saul, good to see what other bike shops are selling. Unfortunately I have the polar opposite view of that CCM, it is butt-ugly pos imo Expand I can see that CCM would be an acquired taste, in fact I was ambivalent towards them until I saw it up close. I just loved it, looked to be beautifully put together, more work of art than hack. Sounded good to. Expensive without doubt, the owner told me that CCM send a mobile workshop van to his house when it needs servicing. Can’t imagine that would be budget friendly. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 My thoughts ............... It's got a water-cooled engine so it needs a radiator which looks shit The fronts forks are far too big and too short for that type of bike The front wheel is too fat so it will be a bitch to steer The arse end is too minimal so you'll get covered in crap if you go out in the rain You could ignore the last point as I doubt if any will get ridden in the rain, if you do the electrics will be f*cked judging by CCM's past history The silencers looks like something you can buy on Chinese eBay for £29.95 You'll not be able to anything out of those rear-view mirrors Plus points ........... The tank is quite nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted April 5, 2023 Author Share Posted April 5, 2023 Yeah but it’s called a Spitfire and has a Union flag on it Judging by my chat with the owner I very much doubt it is ridden very far, apart from the odd bike night in the best of weather. I agree more mobile ornament than practical bike but I still liked it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 On 05/04/2023 at 14:04, boboneleg said: My thoughts ............... It's got a water-cooled engine so it needs a radiator which looks shit The fronts forks are far too big and too short for that type of bike The front wheel is too fat so it will be a bitch to steer The arse end is too minimal so you'll get covered in crap if you go out in the rain You could ignore the last point as I doubt if any will get ridden in the rain, if you do the electrics will be f*cked judging by CCM's past history The silencers looks like something you can buy on Chinese eBay for £29.95 You'll not be able to anything out of those rear-view mirrors Plus points ........... The tank is quite nice Expand looks like bob has an axe to grind 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 On 05/04/2023 at 18:46, skyrider said: looks like bob has an axe to grind Expand Oh yes.....he has a comprehensive set of tools as I understand it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 On 05/04/2023 at 18:46, skyrider said: looks like bob has an axe to grind Expand We'd value your opinion as well @skyrider, see if you can manage to string more than five words together ............... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 On 05/04/2023 at 18:46, skyrider said: looks like bob has an axe to grind Expand Bob, thats eight 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 On 05/04/2023 at 19:45, boboneleg said: We'd value your opinion as well @skyrider, see if you can manage to string more than five words together ............... Expand just did 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 On 06/04/2023 at 19:14, skyrider said: just did Expand Ta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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