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medicman:
hey guys, I bought a 04 kx500 and wanted to have the top end done just as a prevenitive mesure. the guy i had do it said the nikisil had some gouges in it from sand. he suggested that i have it re-sleved insted of bored/ resealed. how is the reliability and perfomance with a re-sleved piston? thanks for your help!

hughes:
The cylinder could just be re-plated. lukesracing.com 150.00 for mine last year. Without looking at you cylinder it hard to determind the damage.

BigGreenMachine:
Sleeves make the bike run hotter then with a Nikisel sleeve. I bet it would cost more too since your including the cost of the sleeve plus labor to have it installed.

gowen:

--- Quote from: medicman on March 29, 2007, 04:33:54 PM ---hey guys, I bought a 04 kx500 and wanted to have the top end done just as a prevenitive mesure. the guy i had do it said the nikisil had some gouges in it from sand. he suggested that i have it re-sleved insted of bored/ resealed. how is the reliability and perfomance with a re-sleved piston? thanks for your help!

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Sleeves run hotter and seem to wear faster, but the advantage of sleeves is you can bore then a few times before replacing them, as plating has to be replated.. But plating lasts much longer IMO. If I were going to sleeve, I'd just have purchased a CR500.

Hillclimb#42:
 Go with the nika-cell, buddy. It is perfect fix for your problem. Hope you don't have to wait for a month to get it back like I did. They hone it out fill it in and machine it back out to stock spec's. I had some damage to my ports and still come out ahead by having them fix it. Fresh, stock-cylinder with a new piston, and a little time to clean her up, oh heck ya. Put on a nasty back tire with the money you save!!!!!! 

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