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Well, the CCM ownership is coming to an end.
It’s been quite a disappointment. It is too loud. The original owner has removed the baffles. CCM can only supply complete silencers (£750, special order)
It only came with one RFID tag so I ordered two more. £80 delivered. I then bought one for £1.99 inc postage from eBay.
First ride down lanes at night showed me how bad the lights are. My exposure bike lights are better.
It rained and the water filled the air filter to the point the bike was only just able to limp home.
It’s really difficult to start in the cold and has to be run at quite high revs to prevent stalling If it stalls starting it again is a pain as you need to press a button on the dash with the left hand while tweaking the throttle with the right.
It doesn’t have heated grips so I tried to resurrect my old heated gloves but ended up buying new ones. Then I took the bike for a ride mostly to test them in sub zero temperatures and got a rear wheel puncture, 10 miles from home. After managing to get air into to the tyre I rode home but had to stick my dirty hands into my new gloves.
Took the rear wheel off and discovered it had an inner tube. A 19inch moped tube that was overstretched in the bigger tyre.
I’m so sick of it I phoned the dealer and he’s agreed to take it back and I’ll get something else. It’s not what I expected.