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Offline RM Ted

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Cylinder Resleeving
« on: October 22, 2015, 05:50:08 pm »
Who does cylinder resleeving these days? 87 RM and what is a fair price? Have a sleeve.
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1978 rm 125 x 3
1981 rm 125
1987 rm 125

Offline William Doe

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Re: Cylinder Resleeving
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2015, 06:45:26 pm »
Why would you sleeve a cylinder that the factory designed to be plated ?

http://www.nzcylinders.com/

Much better option
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Re: Cylinder Resleeving
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2015, 07:46:36 pm »
Why would you sleeve a cylinder that the factory designed to be plated ?

http://www.nzcylinders.com/

Much better option

Indeed resleeving a cylinder designed for nicasil will ping when it gets hot everytime.
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Re: Cylinder Resleeving
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2015, 08:34:24 pm »
Plated? Has a cast iron sleeve? I thought it was to old for plating etc will look into it. Thanks
1978 rm 125 x 3
1981 rm 125
1987 rm 125

Offline Nathan S

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Re: Cylinder Resleeving
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2015, 08:52:49 pm »
First plated RM125 was 1990?
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Re: Cylinder Resleeving
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2015, 11:30:26 pm »
Plated? Has a cast iron sleeve? I thought it was to old for plating etc will look into it. Thanks

Yep plate over the iron, Some OEM sleeves of that era are cast in(or around is a better word) to help with heat transfer, plate over the iron back to a readily available size of piston
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Re: Cylinder Resleeving
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2015, 05:44:20 am »
I stand corrected about the sleeve  :-[ RM 250s from 1987 were plated and I assumed incorrectly it seems that 125s would be the same  :)
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