Here are two Motorcycles that they could have used:
The Armstrong MT500 is a British military motorcycle made by Armstrong-CCM Motorcycles in Bolton, Greater Manchester, who acquired the rights to the Rotax engine enduro motorcycle SWM XN Tornado from the Italian owners and developed the MT500 for use by the British Army in the Falklands war. In 1987, the design and production rights were sold to Harley-Davidson, who in 1993 released the MT350E. It is used by Canada, Jordan and the United Kingdom.
In 2005, the United States Marine Corps adopted the M1030M1, an off-road motorcycle based on the Kawasaki KLR650, and retrofitted it with an engine designed to run on diesel or JP8 jet fuel.
Since other U.S. tactical vehicles like the HMMWV utility vehicle and M1 Abrams tank also use JP8, adopting a scout motorcycle which runs on the same fuel would ease logistics.
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Last edited by Canadian Army; 12-22-2013 at 09:54 AM.
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