dajogejr Posted June 23, 2007 Report Posted June 23, 2007 I never jumped on the nicosil bandwagon...I had a 99 srx500 sled and it had nicosil cylinders and it blew up and scored the cylinder. If it was cast iron it would of cost me 50-60 bucks to bore it out but I had to get the cylinder replated and it was 400 bucks. Seriously, I may be wrong, but if you score a cylinder and it can be bored out to fix it I would rather have a cast iron sleeve in my cylinder it's way better to get it up and running again. I really don't like nicosil. It costs way too much more to get your cylinder fixed. I would rather be able to bore my cylinders out 20 thou and get new pistons than to get a stock cylinder recoated again. This is from my experience. OK...but the other side of that coin is it does take a lot more to score nikasil than it does a cast iron sleeve. It's wear characteristics and hardness are what make it so good... Plenty of guys get cast iron sleeves put in their cub, though....so, there is no right answer. Just better fits for different people... Quote
FireHead Posted June 23, 2007 Report Posted June 23, 2007 Plenty of guys get cast iron sleeves put in their cub, though....so, there is no right answer. Just better fits for different people... I agree. I suspect the demographic of people who enjoy cast iron sleeves over nikasil'd bores will tend to be older and more traditional thinking folks. However, Kawasaki has been using nikasil bores in their dirt bikes and threewheeler since the early 1980's, so I am not sure how old you have to be in regard to my previous comment. :ermm: Quote
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