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Originally Posted by
SimonRoma
They are both great bikes!! When I bought my XT660X I also asked if I could purchase a 21 inch front wheel and then swap the wheel if I wanted to go off road. Unfortunately the answer was no, you would also have to swap the front forks so I forgot about the idea. Would be nice tho.......and ideas????
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Well before getting my XTX in 2004, I briefly owned a CCM Dual Sport 644 with a Suzuki engine, I have only had it under 6 months from new, the reason I sold it was because the dealership informed me that CCM were going into receivership and that from such and such date they would not honour warranty and parts replacement anymore, not a nice way to deal with after sale and clients I thought, so I put it on ebay and got �400 more than I paid for it, go figure.
The reason I am talking about this bike is because the name Dual Sport meant it came with 2 sets of wheels, one set supermoto and the other enduro. I was meaning to give the enduro wheels a go but I never got around to do it, which was a shame, the Suzuki engine was fantastic, never skipped a beat and had no surging issues. I don't think it was as fast as the XTX on top speed but it was a LOT lighter than the XTX about 137Kg (the XTX weighs 181 Kgs, that's 44 Kilos more!!) and it would go up on one wheel in 3rd and 4th gear at a blip of the throttle. Lots of fun it was. Put it this way it was a 644cc engine with 53HP at 7000 rpm. the XTX are standard 649cc and 48HP at 6000 RPM! There was nothing to the frame, and had a very nice and shiny alley rear swingwarm, they were sold already with a straight through can without cat converters and restrictions just a removable baffle that made it barely legal, and boy it was loud even with the baffle on, never got around to have it MOT'd of course.
To me it was a serious competitor to the KTM brigade, and it was a British company, such a shame that they went under.
It looked like this, it was this exact colour combination
and this is what it was supposed to look like with the enduro wheels on
General information
Model: CCM 644 Dual Sport Supermoto
Year: 2003
Category: Super motard
Engine and transmission
Displacement: 644.00 ccm (39.30 cubic inches)
Engine type: Single cylinder, four-stroke
Power: 53.00 HP(38.7 KW) @ 7000 RPM
Torque:52.50 Nm (5.4 kgf-m or 38.7 ft.lbs) @ 5800 RPM
Fuel control: OHC Chassis, suspension, brakes and wheels
Physical measures and capacities
Dry weight: 137.0 kg (302.0 pounds)
Power/weight ratio: 0.3869 HP/kg
Seat height: 865 mm (34.1 inches) If adjustable, lowest setting.
Wheelbase:1,525 mm (60.0 inches)
Fuel capacity:13.00 litres (3.43 gallons)
Other specifications
Color options:Silver, Yellow