M1030 Assembly Line Rebuild - Steel Soldiers::Military Vehicles Supersite

Artillerydan · 12-04-2008, 18:22

Well I finally worked the purchase on 4 more M1030s (AKA - Kawasaki KLR250s)

Since good enough is never good enough for me. I have stripped them all down to the fames and sand blasted all the parts. I started painting today. I will have pictures this weekend of the future progress. I had some welding to do as I found some broken brackets. Why do ido this

Lonesome715 · 12-15-2008, 10:34

How did you get so many?

Artillerydan · 12-19-2008, 17:04

Answer to above..... Simple one is keep asking who has them, who has one, who has a few, who has parts, who has anything related and then keep hounding after that, the info will follow.

More pictures of the build.

Artillerydan · 12-19-2008, 17:11

When I am done I will have at least one if not two of the Green ones for sale. They will be clean all USGI runners ready to show or play. Probably in the $2500 range. will not really know till I am done.

Bob H · 12-27-2008, 12:43

Would reaally like one of those

Let me know when ready
Hopefully the stars will align and I'll be able to swing the purchase.

Artillerydan · 12-30-2008, 10:55

Well the project pushes on.

Since i don't like taking things back apart I have been replacing all the bearings and seals in the whole swing arm assy. A little pricey

but good insurance since I have no knowledge of how the bikes ran before. Also lots of little stuff (details

) are getting done. These will actually be a little cleaner than the original build buy HDT in some ways. Waiting for some bearings and seals now otherwise I would be done with this one

. I had to buy two new IMS fuel tanks (original equipment) those were$$$$$$. Still need to get 2 of the 4 complete USGI wirring harnesses put together and laid out, with all the right additions and such. Also need to source some of the misc other USGI tid bits I did not have.

clinto · 12-30-2008, 10:59

Looks great!!! Thanks for posting the pics.

Artillerydan · 12-30-2008, 11:25

Forgot the pictures of the new dataplates

lookin GOOD!

m35tech · 12-30-2008, 11:31

those will be sweet looking bikes, hmm im thinking of the Chuck Norris Delta force when he was driving one at a bad guy

Artillerydan · 01-04-2009, 17:00

More progress on all the bikes. actually working on paint and other related on the other 3 while finishing the 1 st one...