[RacinNinja]

Originally Posted by Racer x

Just talked with two factory trained and really good motorcycle mechanics. Officially you should not hone nikesil cylinders. According to Yamaha Suzuki and Kawasaki they are not serviceable. And you should replace the cylinder block. But they do put a very ,very light hone on used nikesil cylinders. Just enough to remove any glaze. And they don't use the big spring hone just the wire type with the little stone balls.

For the two strokes we used to race that had Nikasil liners, we used to use ScotchBrite pads whenever we put a new ring in them. A few swipes would leave some scratches in it for the new ring to seat on.