This is a CCM Street Moto 600, it’s a modern production motorcycle you may never have seen before, as the company that built it was based in England and they only made a handful of them.
The Clews Competition Machines Street Moto 600 is built around the company’s highly-regarded twin-spar chromoly trellis frame, with power provided by a bulletproof 600cc single-cylinder engine originally developed by Husqvarna.
This is a CCM Street Moto 600, it’s a modern production motorcycle you may never have seen before, as the company that built it was based in England and they only made a handful of them.
History Speedrun: CCM – Clews Competition Machines
CCM, originally known as Clews Competition Machines, was founded in Bolton, England in 1971 by Alan Clews, a trials and scrambles rider who commuted to work during the week on the same motorcycle he raced on weekends. When BSA disbanded its competition department that year, Alan bought up the available works parts and began building motocross bikes in his garage. No one could have known it at the time, but this small operation would soon become legendary.
Early Clews motorcycles evolved into CCM-badged motocrossers powered by heavily reworked BSA B50 singles in 500cc (actually 499cc) and 600cc (actually 608cc) forms, and they kept big British four-strokes competitive in a sport that was rapidly being taken over by lightweight two-strokes.
The team’s best years came in 1974 and 1975, after former BSA works rider John Banks and Vic Eastwood signed on. Banks finished third in the 1974 British Championship and fourth in 1975, Eastwood was runner-up in 1975, and the team took some top-5 finishes in the 500cc Motocross World Championship.
The engineering firm Armstrong bought a controlling stake in CCM 1981, and military contracts soon became an important part of the business. Armstrong-CCM began building Can-Am motorcycles under license from Bombardier in 1983, though the Can-Am 250s the British Army was already riding were Canadian-built machines ordered in 1978.
In 1984 the company bought the rights to the Rotax-engined SWM XN Tornado enduro after the Italian firm went into liquidation, and developed it into the Armstrong MT500, which replaced the Can-Ams in British service.
The MT500’s air-cooled 500cc (481cc) Rotax four-stroke single produced 32 bhp and 28 lb ft of torque, and the bike was kick-start only in British service, ran sealed drum brakes, and carried mounting frames for panniers, fuel cans, and a rifle case.
The Clews Competition Machines Street Moto 600 is built around the company’s highly-regarded twin-spar chromoly trellis frame, with power provided by a bulletproof 600cc single-cylinder engine originally developed by Husqvarna.
Roughly 3,000 were built between 1984 and 1987 for the British, Canadian, and Jordanian armed forces, the latter two taking electric-start versions. In 1987 the design rights were sold to Harley-Davidson, which introduced the derivative MT350E in 1993, the British Ministry of Defence kept MT350s in service until the fleet was disposed of in 2009.
Clews bought his company back from Armstrong in 1987 and returned to Rotax-powered off-roaders, later adding road-legal supermotos. He sold CCM in 1998, then bought it back again in 2004. The GP450 adventure bike of 2014 paired a BMW-derived thumper with an advanced bonded aluminum frame.
In 2017 came the Spitfire, a hand-built roadster with an exposed, hand-welded T45 steel frame and a Husqvarna-derived 600cc single making 55 bhp and 43 lb ft of torque.
The first run of 150 sold out within a week of its London show debut, and the model soon spawned Scrambler, Café Racer, Bobber, and other variants. Alan Clews died in 2018, shortly before his 80th birthday, and his son Austin took over the reins of the company.
Investment from Pitalia Capital in 2021 funded an export push, but the economic realities of the Covid-19 Pandemic resulted in a sharp drop in sales. CCM typically built around 300 motorcycles a year, they made roughly 150 in 2024, and had cut its workforce to 12 by early 2025.
The company entered administration on June the 2nd, 2025. The final catch of CCM motorcycles were made in the first half of 2025, and they were sold as 2026 model year machines.
The 2026 CCM Street Moto 600 Shown Here
This is a CCM Street Moto 600 it’s one of the last few bikes built by the company, it was first registered in June of 2026, and it’s covered just 2 miles from new. It’s had a single owner and, according to the seller, has been kept in a dehumidified building, making it effectively a brand-new, delivery-mileage example.
The bike is powered by a 600cc single-cylinder engine and follows CCM’s stripped-back supermoto formula, with an exposed frame and minimal bodywork. This example combines a white fuel tank with a Sparkle Noir frame, black vinyl seat, and black anodized parts throughout.
This is a CCM Street Moto 600 it’s one of the last few bikes built by the company, it was first registered in June of 2026, and it’s covered just 2 miles from new. It’s had a single owner and, according to the seller, has been kept in a dehumidified building, making it effectively a brand-new, delivery-mileage example.
The bike is fitted with 17-inch gloss-black cross-spoke wire wheels with Mitas Sportforce+ tires, black Marzocchi forks, J.Juan single-disc brakes, LED lighting, carbon-fiber mudguards, and an Acewell digital instrument display. It’s supplied with its V5C, owner’s manual, YSS suspension information, and two keys.
It’s now being offered for sale out of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and you can visit the listing here if you’d like to read more about it or register to bid.
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