Armstrong-CCM Motorcycles
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| Armstrong-CCM Motorcycles | |
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| Fate | Sold back to CCM |
| Successor | CCM |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Defunct | 1987 |
| Location | Bolton Lancashire |
| Industry | manufacturing and engineering |
| Products | motorcycles |
| Key people | Alan Clews |
Armstrong-CCM Motorcycles was a British motorcycle manufacturer. Based in Bolton Lancashire. Alan Clews formed CCM in 1971 from what was left of BSA's off-road competition team and bought spares to produce his own motorcycles. This was a successful business and the Bolton factory was established. In 1981 Armstrong bought a majority share and Clews designed a road race competition bike. They acquired the rights to the Rotax engine enduro motorcycle SWM XN Tornado from the Italian owners and developed the Armstrong MT500 military motorcycle used by the British Army in the Falklands war.
For most of the 1980s Armstrong-CCM was producing about 3,500 trails and motocross bikes, as well as the military off-road machines.[1] Electric start models were built for the Jordanian and Canadian armed forces.[2]
In 1983, the Canadian company Bombardier Recreational Products licensed the brand and outsourced development and production of the Can-Am motorcycles to Armstrong-CCM who produced Can-Am’s until closure in 1987 [2] when Armstrong sold sold the military motorcycle business to Harley Davidson and CCM back to Clews, who continues to produce motorcycles to this day.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Armstrong Military Motorcycles. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
- ^ a b Military Might. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
- ^ CCM: a brief history. The Telegraph (August 2000). Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
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