British built bikes

[Doddmaster]

Hey

Just need to know if there are any other British bike companies still manufacturing bikes in this country.

Cheers, Dodd

[MarJay]

Triumph and CCM.

Thats all as far as I know.
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[cagiva gezzer]

Just buy a jap/ italian bike and strip it down and put it together correctly!
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Think the Hesketh bikes are still in limited production, and maybe BSA are still building bikes (they were building off road bikes for export to Africa and the like using Yamaha engines).

All the best

Keith
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[MarJay]

Keith,
BSA are or were making some bikes, but the name is owned by a swiss company (possibly Rotax) as far as I know.

Even if I'm wrong about that, I'm 99% sure its no longer British owned (Maybe they are assembling the bikes in switzerland?).

Hesketh went bust afaik, and Norton are technically British I think, but a US company has bought the rights to the Norton name.

I'm still sure its only Triumph and CCM.

Looking to trade up to a quality piece of British engineering Dodd?
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[Deano]

I'm not too sure but CCM nick the engine from somewhere else and just manufacture everything else. Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm only trying to clear old memorys of watching a very old review on TV about the company.
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[cagiva gezzer]

CCM used to use Rotax and they now then used suzuki.

Their latest ones use the DRZ400 engines (slightly modified though)
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[Deano]

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[MarJay]

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[Doddmaster]

Cheers everyone.

Nah I aint buying a new bike... it's just that my IT key skills instructor set us the task of using the internet to find out if there are any other British companies still making bikes. I totally forgot about CCM

From what I can tell, Vincent bikes are still in very limited (handbuilt by 1 guy) production too

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[kev]

BSA are still going and they are owned by MZ.
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[Mrs_Hippy]

Ok am probably totally wrong but a) are Pickman brittish b) are they still in production?

[Kickstart]

Hi

Do you mean Rickman? If so they were British. No idea if they are still in business, but I think they landed up making aftermarket fairings and the like.

All the best

Keith
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[Mrs_Hippy]

Yes Rickman.