• Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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Now shipping - CCM 450

JonDirt

JonDirt

Husqvarna
AA Class
The CCM 450 has started rolling out. I hope this bike does really well. Its the closest thing to a TE610 out there at the moment - a bit pricey, but they appear to be listening to their customers and many of the extras needed for adventuring can be factory ordered, e.g. low/high seat option, hard/soft luggage option, front light option, and a cush drive option is in the works... See the brochure | order form. Here's a new owner's first vid, just posted:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd6znYYcAwY
 
funny how many 449 parts are on that bike. The motor is closer to the BMW version with cable clutch but same basic motor, Goofy big TE449 muffler, TE449 rear lic plate holder, tail light. Hope they were able to pick transmission ratios as the 449/511 is to closely spaced to work in this application correctly.

- Thats a real good way to ruin a nice helmet

- The bike sounds exactly like a TE511.
 
Motosportz said:
funny how many 449 parts are on that bike. The motor is closer to the BMW version with cable clutch but same basic motor, Goofy big TE449 muffler, TE449 rear lic plate holder, tail light. Hope they were able to pick transmission ratios as the 449/511 is to closely spaced to work in this application correctly.

- Thats a real good way to ruin a nice helmet

- The bike sounds exactly like a TE511.
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I believe in following the ADVrider discussion they put the BMW 5 Speed back in
 
Strange to see anything smaller than a 650 on an "Adventure" bike. Everyone seems to be leaning towards twin 1100 or bigger.

I didn't get the helmet reference??
 
Motosportz said:
Seen many a nice helmet ruined from a fall from atop the bars or seat onto the pavement.
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Yea. I came out of the grocery store to find my helmet pretty much where I left it the other day. Only problem was the left half looked like it was sprayed with some kind of oil. The guy in the car parked next to me was eyeballing me pretty hard when I walked up to my bike. I can only guess someone f*cked with it on the bike, or knocked it off the bike, with a car door or something, and into the oil puddle on the parking lot.

I usually carry my helmet with me, but in my neighborhood, at the grocery store, I tend to break that rule. I guess there's haters everywhere.
 
It looks like his helmet was held in place by his mirror. I was waiting for it to fall when he started it up, bit you could see the mirror arm stopped it.
 
Hehe, CCM should sponsor Simon Pavey for the 2016 Dakar, he liked the 449, is based nearby, and completed on a CCM in the '99 Dakar.

From what I can gather, the CCM 450 is using the BMW G450X gearing:
1st 2.46:1, 2nd 1.71:1, 3rd 1.35:1, 4th 1.04:1, 5th 0.88:1, spread 2.80.

My 610 is:
1st 2.62:1, 2nd 1.81:1, 3rd 1.35:1, 4th 1.09:1, 5th 0.92:1, 6th 0.77:1, spread: 3.4.

For comparison, the FE570 has a spread of 3.18, 690 Enduro has a spread of 2.8 - So the CCM is not exactly a wide ratio, though its a bit wider than the TE449 (2.49).

minkyhead has been posting videos of the CCM on his advrider thread:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0eaCb0HQTA&list=UUiFa0OnBL8SmmRWAlinzmUQ
 
JonDirt said:
Just announced: A WR Gearbox for the CCM with a 3.67 spread is being offered by Rally Raid.
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Just saw that, it's interesting they chose to widen the lower gears instead of the top. One would think a closer set of low gears would be better for off road work while taller more stretched out 4-5th can be used for cruising where getting maximum drive is less important.
 
I love the BMW transmission because it yields the best of both worlds. 1st and 5th sit low and higher, while 2nd, 3rd and 4th are spaced the same as Husqvarna's close ratio. I will have to look into the newer transmission that is offered.
 
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