No!  Cylinder head and fuel injection, that was it!

MOAR info plz.

Are those stock head lights?

Buell never made motorcycle for the US Military.
Harley "made" the MT500, it was an Armstrong motorcycle with a Rotax engine.
Not many were produced.

http://www.harleytraderonline.com/cgi-bin/listman/exec/search.cgi?view=340&template=_printer_friendly.html

Seen quite a few pictures of some kind of SF on what looks like new 250 or 450 MX bikes but they aren't any kind of standard issue.


Yup I was on that mailing list. Not a hard choice for me when you can buy a GS for 20k.

I can handle a outdated gutless diesel bike if the price is right but not for 20 grand

How did you get two of them?
They are not supposed to be sold to the public, that was one of the deals with Hayes Diversified Technologies, much like the Humve.

They are not supposed to.
When the bike wears out they remove the engine, return it to Hayes Diversified and destroy the frame.
The engine is refurbished and reused.

Here's the specs
iMS long range fuel tank 6.6 gallon
Happy trails tank need bars
Rat pack rear luggage
Pelican 1650 cases
Britannia composites front fairing with hella hid headlights
Oversized front brake
Rental ATV handlebars
Acerbis hand guards
iMS footless
Garmin nuvi 500 GPS
Led taillight
Odyssey battery

Seems safe

Kawasaki KLR 250-D8

A pair of AFSOC Combat Controllers (CCTs) pictured riding Kawasaki KLR250-D8 motorcycles. CCT motorcycles can be airdropped from aircraft on special pallets under parachutes. The 75th Ranger Regiment also use KLR-250s for administration and reconnaissance, along with newer, smaller Suzuki DS80 mini bikes.  Public domain | US Air Force Photo by 1st Lt. Gabe Johnson

Christini AWD






Mini bikes

An AFSOC Special Tactics Combat Rescue Officer on a Suzuki DS80 mini bike at an airfield during a training exercise, 2012. AFSOC Combat Controllers use minibikes during airfield survey operations. They are smaller and lighter than the full scale Kawasaki / Christini motorcycles also used by special tactics and are easier to deploy via parachute. Mini bikes are small and light enough to be attached to the sides of MH-6 helicopters and can be stowed on the rear of a GMV or similar vehicle. Aside from Air Force Special Tactics Teams, the Army's 75th Rangers also operate the DS8. Other models used include the Kawasaki KLX110.
Public domain | U.S. DoD Photo by Tech. Sgt. Charles Larkin Sr

The fuck, IMS will sell you the military or the civilian version of the KLR650 tank all day long.
All it takes is money.

We had a KLR in Arghanistan.  I got to ride it around a bit, but not for anything significant and not for long.  Our CO was off the COP for a while and my 1st was a badass that wanted us to look cool and have fun, so we took a few quads, the KLR, and a few trucks on some of the local patrols.

Our Bn Commander had ours for OIF in 2003.
He sent two guys from the STA platoon to get checked out, and they were supposed to be some rat patrol style scouts for hims while we moved in column north invading.
They from from Kuwait, until the cities started building up.   And then they bikes went back on the BC's trailer.
IIRC the only Marines that rated bikes were STA and mail room (might have been one more).

 

I stand corrected.

Usually a diesel anything needs a beefed up bottom end and cylinder wall thickness to deal with higher compression and generally more low end oomph.

If it was only the head & FI that they wanted a $12-14K premium for, then it is

I got to ride on of those when I was hanging out with the ANP. It was the "Toyta Carolla" version.

Calling it Toyota makes it reliable.

Awesome thread is awesome


now I need to get a bug out bike

I was a 11b "scout platoon" with the 2/187 86 too 89. We had a klr250s that we took every were. We took them to NTC once. I got mine up pretty high on Tiefort Mountains I had to walk it most of the way down
We would ride them straight into ch47ds "Chinooks" strapem down and away we would go.

Same at Lewis, as late as 91



 

Yeah, my buddy had one on his '99.

I had mine set up for long distance riding.  Rode it border to border back in 2003

They couldn't get a commercial version of the USMC bike certified "street legal".  There was all manner of emissions requirements to be met that required real engineering solutions unlike the military model which they just had to "make work".

Having said that, even at $10k, I'm STILL looking for a BMW GS with about 30,000 miles.

These two were acquired thru the leso program the one in the front has less
Than 90 miles the one in the rear has around 300 both look brand new with very
Little use.