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I meant to phrase it “I hope you weren’t severely injured”. It was hit from the rear and went down on the right side. The damage wasn’t to bad but with a old bike new parts and labor totaled it fairly easily.

And back! I have been back for about a month now and finished the first and second bike. With those complete I started to work on mine. I originally stripped it to the frame about a year ago in order to paint it tan. It took about 8 days to get it back together. Since it was originally a parts...

A member here recently sold all of his M1030B1 stuff to someone in Kansas. They are trying to see if Progressive can rebuild the 420 shocks. If so, I will have a few to sell off at a reasonable price.

It seems bike #1 and #2 are almost complete at this point. The seats need to be recovered, the front forks seals replaced and forks painted, new tires and paint the wheels, and get some new turn signals. I am having a bike mechanic look them over one more time to ensure nothing was missed. On...

I didn't have them rebuild the Progressive 420 that was on the bike. I just had Noleen J6 build me a F1 military shock. Progressive said that the the shocks were not rebuildable.

We took out bike #2 for a test ride. It went well but the engine temperature ran high. I had flushed out the radiator and overflow. It was a bit dirty but easy enough to clean. I assume it's the impeller or the water pump that needs to be replaced. Other then that issue it handled well. We will...

Thanks for the recommendation. I ordered two yards to test out on the seats. I appreciate the help.

I have pretty much completed the first bike. There is a issue with the clutch not activating so I cant get the bike out of neutral. I’ll have a friend that is a bit more knowledgeable in that then me check it out. Then it’s just covering a seat and it’s done. I decided to start on bike #2. I...

I have been slacking on updating the threads lately. I was busy painting the rear swing arm, air box, exhaust, etc. I wound up breaking the chain off while waiting for a replacement. With everything on this bike it was a pain in the ass. I also switched the fuel petcock on the IMS tank to the...

I was able to order some Marine grade vinyl to recover my seat in tan to match the bike. I'm having a tough time finding a company that would sell a color close to OD green to cover the seats on the green bikes. Anyone have any leads or info?

I started painting this current bike while waiting for my lift and carb rebuild kit. I had to degrease and wash the parts with purple power, use RAPCO primer, and then RAPCO 383 green. They turned out pretty good. The original markings on the plastics were just stencils. I ordered what I...

I am sure that is the reason. Shipping, importing, emissions, etc aren't worth it. I'm sure if one was in the US it would sell fairly quick. It would have to be for the specific buyer though.

There really aren't any M1's in civilian hands as far as I know. I believe that there are some law enforcement entities that have them. The Marine Corps paid $18,000 for the upgrade to Hayes Diversified. I would guess that $15,000 to $20,000 would be worth it to the right buyer based on it being...

I got the high beams and turn signals to work. The high beam switch takes some playing with the get the high beams on. It may be the switch or I may just need to clean it up a bit. I am waiting on a Raptor fuel petcock and a carb rebuild kit so I’ll take a few days off this bike. While waiting I...

Today I went ahead and traced the electrical from the battery to the ignition switch and cleaned all of the connections and replaced those crappy fuses. I will eventually switch over to the blade type once I get this bike up and running. I finally got the lights and black out lights to come on...

I'm back in the US. I plan on getting two of the bikes done. I just grabbed another one of the LE auction bikes from storage to start work on while I wait for some engine work to be completed on the other one. I won't get to mine for awhile. It looks like the UIC code is from 1/6 2D Marine...

I'm finally leaving Iraq and heading home in April. The build will start again to include the 6 auction bikes as well. I plan on getting my bike and at least one auction bike finished in a month. I'll post the updates here as I go. It's going to be a good amount of work.

That is what I'm attempting with the sherifs department that I bought them from. I just wanted to see if there are other options in case that doesn't work out. I called the DMV and it looks like trying to title them with just a bill of sale won't work. The fact that they are military vehicles...

I won 6 M1030B1's at a sheriffs auction out of Maine. They were from their sheriffs department and I assume they received them from a military to law enforcement program. I have the bill of sale from the county to me, notarized, with all the VINs annotated. Oregon won't issue me a title without...

One of the bikes is being restored right now. Since my buddy is handling it I don't have any progress pictures yet. It's mostly just been chain, sprockets, carb rebuild, etc. Mostly the boring stuff. I did get the DD Form 1348 that released these bikes from Hayes Diversified Technologies to the...