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Vinduro / Re: VTR Vinduro Club News /information /Updates / How to Enter /Calendar 2022 N.S.W
« Last post by VTR Vinduro on June 05, 2025, 05:06:25 pm »Update ride timetable
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KTM / Re: Dark clouds hanging over Mattighofen
« Last post by pokey on June 04, 2025, 07:16:45 pm » And the Rot continues. CCM have administrators appointed.
Last year I tripped over a write up for their newest product, a frankly quite expensive street racer bobber thing all the while thinking thats going to be a hard sell to a miniscule market. It has the typical great CCM engineering and great utilisation of the best components but its not a great looker and Ive noted street bobbers have been created in back sheds cheaply. £9,995 to £22,995 for an exclusive 600 single street bike is a hell of a lot of money. call it a single seat heritage styled Bentley.
The parent company Pitalia group has a portfolio reminiscent of an Eton mess with brands from obscure snack foods to an online chemist. Once again the reminder of when a sports company AMF had control of Harley Davidson almost killing the brand. Diversification can be fruitful but not at the expense of your core who supported you through the ages. Here's hoping a company with experience within the historic motorcycle racing community picks up CCM.
Last year I tripped over a write up for their newest product, a frankly quite expensive street racer bobber thing all the while thinking thats going to be a hard sell to a miniscule market. It has the typical great CCM engineering and great utilisation of the best components but its not a great looker and Ive noted street bobbers have been created in back sheds cheaply. £9,995 to £22,995 for an exclusive 600 single street bike is a hell of a lot of money. call it a single seat heritage styled Bentley.
The parent company Pitalia group has a portfolio reminiscent of an Eton mess with brands from obscure snack foods to an online chemist. Once again the reminder of when a sports company AMF had control of Harley Davidson almost killing the brand. Diversification can be fruitful but not at the expense of your core who supported you through the ages. Here's hoping a company with experience within the historic motorcycle racing community picks up CCM.
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KTM / Re: Dark clouds hanging over Mattighofen
« Last post by Wasp on May 25, 2025, 01:08:05 pm »And the good old Japanese Manufacturers just plot along nicely . Little dramas ,good conservative production and marketing .No extreme gimmicks. No unhealthy coffein drink peddling.I guess they are eating popcorn now and observe it all carefully.
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Wanted / Re: Early TT600 rod bearing and crank pin wanted
« Last post by sleepy on May 24, 2025, 09:04:15 am »You could machine the crank wheels out to 35mm and use the later rod kit.
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KTM / Re: Dark clouds hanging over Mattighofen
« Last post by pokey on May 23, 2025, 08:28:47 pm »Pappadums not included.
It wont be China its all India.
Im at a loss how people keep track of who owns what with parent companies and grandparent companies. I was not aware of the actual owners of KTM and they were jointly owned by PIERER Mobility AG who is owned by PIERER with 50.1% and Bajaj Auto International Holdings BV held 49.9% of the company known as Pierer Bajaj AG.
Now that we are all confused it seems Bajaj has taken a controlling interest in PIERER Mobility AG and thus KTM. either way KTM is saved for the moment.
Im sure most have heard of the Indian company Bajaj and i think one of the largest bike manufactures in the world thanks to its domestic sales alone.
India have taken a large bite in the automotive industry with Tata taking over many english auto brands and heavily involved in F1. Tata also have a big stake in the aerospace industry. The days of crappy knock off Royal enfields and Morris oxfords are disappearing before our eyes.
How Bajaj goes with the KTM brand is yet to be seen and if the latest recall notice of 20,000 bikes is anything to go by they will need all the help they can get.
It wont be China its all India.
Im at a loss how people keep track of who owns what with parent companies and grandparent companies. I was not aware of the actual owners of KTM and they were jointly owned by PIERER Mobility AG who is owned by PIERER with 50.1% and Bajaj Auto International Holdings BV held 49.9% of the company known as Pierer Bajaj AG.
Now that we are all confused it seems Bajaj has taken a controlling interest in PIERER Mobility AG and thus KTM. either way KTM is saved for the moment.
Im sure most have heard of the Indian company Bajaj and i think one of the largest bike manufactures in the world thanks to its domestic sales alone.
India have taken a large bite in the automotive industry with Tata taking over many english auto brands and heavily involved in F1. Tata also have a big stake in the aerospace industry. The days of crappy knock off Royal enfields and Morris oxfords are disappearing before our eyes.
How Bajaj goes with the KTM brand is yet to be seen and if the latest recall notice of 20,000 bikes is anything to go by they will need all the help they can get.
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Wanted / Re: Early TT600 rod bearing and crank pin wanted
« Last post by Eldert on May 23, 2025, 07:29:25 pm »early TT600 have a 34 mm bigend pin and is 74 mm long
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Wanted / Re: Early TT600 rod bearing and crank pin wanted
« Last post by sleepy on May 23, 2025, 04:54:21 pm » Bikes and bits list a rod kit them. 03.2600, pin 35mm x 74. Doesn't come with any thrust washers from memory as I believe the later models did away with them and used a 2mm wider rod and bearing. They list the bigend width as 22mm. I have a second hand pin rod and bearing of the same dimensions as the Po-x listing that came out of a TT600 a few years ago and it didn't have the thrust washers.
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VMX Sidecars / Wasp Tank
« Last post by Wasp on May 23, 2025, 12:45:27 pm »1 Wasp tank new to suit RT2 model . $500 ONO
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Wanted / Re: Early TT600 rod bearing and crank pin wanted
« Last post by ELC hunter on May 22, 2025, 11:22:26 am »Thanks for looking
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Wanted / Re: Early TT600 rod bearing and crank pin wanted
« Last post by Wasp on May 21, 2025, 03:13:06 pm »Just checked , mine are 26 OD