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Two of the bikes are at my buddies house and the other 6 are in storage. He's already getting strange looks when we were working on them in the driveway. I just avoid my neighbors.

The bikes were delivered on the 4th. Once my buddy arrives I will get better pictures. I can see one of the UIC codes on the gas tank is for 1/6 Marines.

The 6 new bikes should be delivered Thursday.

Still haven’t had the time to try removing the pivot bolt. The next option is till the brass drift, handheld sledge, Kroil, and the air impact. If that doesn't work we will cut it out. We also found 6 M1030B1’s being auctioned by a sheriff’s department. I believe they received them...

We are going to get into rebuilding the engine on the "good bike" this week.

While waiting on the multiple penetrating lube products to take effect on the pivot bolt I decided to paint my helmet. The original USMC helmet was a matte green Winex SR-X. They are a bit hard to find so I found a FOX V1 helmet on sale for $118 shipped. Unfortunately its neon green and blue...

Finally got the dog bones off with a air impact gun. I'm still having trouble with the pivot bolt. I removed the nut but the pivot bolt isn't coming out. I even used a pipe and hammer trying to bang it out. Any one have any ideas? We also blasted off some of the handlebars. This USMC handlebars...

Got it down to just the frame and swingarm. Everything was rusted on. It took some MacGyver skills to get the handle bars and triple trees off. Anyone have any tips to get the "dog bones" off the swingarm? I should have done it when the rearend was together. now it's much tougher to get any...

UPDATE 8 October Most of the bolts are rusted on so the last few have been tough. I still haven't gotten the handle bars or swing arm off yet. I'm letting PB Blaster soak in overnight. It looks like the rear shock was a progressive 500/560. I know the newer version had the F1 engineering shock...

More progress Almost got it all the way down to the frame. We are working on the "parts bike" now. Originally two were purchased with one being a "parts bike". We plan on getting both up and running. I found out that the rear skid plate is missing on one but we can get a fab shop to copy the...

I'm missing both gas tank caps. I'm having a tough time finding those. Any ideas?if I can't find those I will have to switch to the M1030M1 IMS tank with the cutouts. I'm also missing one front black out light and one nerf bar. Other then that the wiring looks good, the rear blackout lights are...

Bikes in! Got the bikes in today. They are both manufactured in June 1999 and the VIN states 2000 along with the USMC data plate. We started stripping them down. The plan is to sand blast and then powder coat the frame prior to painting everything in CARC tan.

I just bought two M1030B1's. One is a bit of a parts bike. My buddy and I split the total cost and he will get the better of the two bikes. I just need to find a black out light and switch. My bike is missing it but the other one has it. We are going to tear them down and restore them. I'm going...

It's a Rhino Runner. They were used to transport personnel from the Green Zone to Baghdad International Airport. Mostly utilized by Department of State and some US military. Route Irish (the road that leads from the airport to the green zone) was pretty dangerous for a few years. They were super...

That's a great job! I saw one on eBay a few months back. I wish I had bought it. I was going to restore it desert color. I rode one in 1998 in Okinawa on a off-road course and had a awesome time.

I understand you wanting a PLGR or DAGR but another option I've used is to hook up a Garmin GPS (60 series or and one with a serial port) to a tough book or laptop via the serial port. We then used NMEA to talk to the computer. We used a satellite imagery program on the laptop and got really...

It's either bad glow plugs or a bad glow plug controller. Do you still have a PCB box or has it been switched out?

He should have a good time at Camp Johnson. I went threw there in 97 so I hope it's different. He will really get to know theses trucks when he hits the fleet. I was attached to a infantry unit so field repairs were a must.

That's a great offer! I have some family that lives out there. Now I just have to check the codes for keeping it in my driveway or infront of my house and how to deal with the DMV.

I've been visiting the site for years. There is so much great info on here. I was a 3521 in the Marines and worked on the 923's and HMMWV. I had a good time and learned a good amount before I moved onto another MOS. I sold my motorcycle recently and I'm definitely looking to get a M923. I loved...