Ten new and unused CCM Spitfire variants are included in a 1,437-lot online auction being run by Lancashire-based Gateway Auctions. The sale is scheduled to close at 10am on Thursday, October 15, 2026, bringing a fresh batch of motorcycles and factory-related material to market after CCM entered administration in 2025.

The motorcycles are accompanied by a broad selection of CCM parts and equipment. The catalogue includes seats, fuel tanks, brake calipers, paddock stands and promotional banners, as well as workshop equipment and older factory paraphernalia. For existing owners, that combination makes the sale more significant than a straightforward disposal of finished motorcycles: replacement parts and items connected with the marque’s operations are being offered at the same time.

A final run built from remaining stock

Gateway Auctions bought CCM’s remaining stock after the Bolton company’s collapse and used those assets to build approximately 135 additional motorcycles. Around 100 of those machines required some extra parts, mainly wiring looms and smaller components that were not present in the original stock. Gateway also retained three members of staff to continue the assembly work.

Gateway Auctions director David Sunderland said the company is now close to exhausting the project’s usable stock, with the last four motorcycles understood to be in the final stages of construction. He explained that Gateway is not a motorcycle manufacturer and was never intending to remain in the business for the long term, although he would have preferred to see CCM survive. The current production run is therefore being brought to a close rather than developed into a continuing operation.

A second auction is planned for spring 2027 and is expected to cover the final 25 machines produced in this process. Its timing depends on those motorcycles passing through the Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval process, or MSVA, which is required before they can be registered for road use. Together, the two sales are intended to place the completed motorcycles and remaining parts with buyers.

The collapse behind the auction

CCM was founded in 1971 and entered administration on June 2, 2025, after a difficult sales period during 2024. The company’s workforce had fallen to 12 employees. Its retail partner Completely Motorbikes closed in October 2024, leaving CCM with eight distribution outlets across the UK and forcing the company to buy back unsold stock.

Sunderland described Gateway’s involvement as an asset-recovery exercise, but said it had been profitable and had delivered more for creditors than an immediate break-up sale would have done. Gateway paid the administrator more than the assets were expected to bring if they had simply been assigned lot numbers and sold at the outset.

He also highlighted the continuing enthusiasm among CCM owners. Some customers already have several motorcycles from the marque and still want to add more, a level of demand Sunderland said had surprised him. The extra machines have also kept staff employed for more than a year, while giving completed CCM motorcycles a route to buyers after the company’s failure.

Bids and registration for the October sale are handled through the Gateway Auctions website. The catalogue’s ten unused Spitfires, together with its parts and workshop material, represent the first of the two planned opportunities to acquire motorcycles assembled from CCM’s remaining stock.