Do I need a replate?
- frankenschwinn
- Supporting Member II
- Posts: 482
- Joined: 01:20 pm Nov 28 2009
- Country:
Do I need a replate?
Some pics:
Can I get another topend out of this thing?
Can I get another topend out of this thing?
- Indawoods
- Creator and Founder
- Posts: 9951
- Joined: 09:59 am Jun 12 2003
- Country:
- Location: Midwest
Needs plated....
*** Administrator //***
****'95 KDX 200/****
"People ate cows a thousand years ago for the same reason we eat them now. Cause they are easy to catch.We're not savages,we're just lazy. A cheetah could taste like chocolate heroin. But will never know. Those bastards are fast!!! "
****'95 KDX 200/****
"People ate cows a thousand years ago for the same reason we eat them now. Cause they are easy to catch.We're not savages,we're just lazy. A cheetah could taste like chocolate heroin. But will never know. Those bastards are fast!!! "
- kdxmaniac
- Supporting Member
- Posts: 595
- Joined: 09:01 pm May 24 2010
- Country:
from looking at the pics, i think you are about time for a replate. 3rd + 4th pics from the bottom.....looks like its pretty thin, and the lines look like border line..........but i cant say for sure from the pics. all i can say is, if it was mine, i would replate.
my bikes
-------------
96 ktm 300
96 XR400R
07 hayabusa
77 kz 1000
85 goldwing 1200
02 BIG DOG PITBULL
gone but not forgotten
96 kdx 200
98 ktm 380 "because it dang near killed me!"
97 ktm 360
96 ktm 250
93 wr 250
94 dr 350s
93 kx 250
07 gsxr 1000
99 bandit 1200
-------------
96 ktm 300
96 XR400R
07 hayabusa
77 kz 1000
85 goldwing 1200
02 BIG DOG PITBULL
gone but not forgotten
96 kdx 200
98 ktm 380 "because it dang near killed me!"
97 ktm 360
96 ktm 250
93 wr 250
94 dr 350s
93 kx 250
07 gsxr 1000
99 bandit 1200
- Mr. Wibbens
- KDXRider.net
- Posts: 4884
- Joined: 02:57 am Nov 07 2004
- Country:
- Location: Playing in the Poison Oak
- Contact:
Re: Do I need a replate?
>|QBB<[/url]
Is this before or after you hit it with a Scotchpad?frankenschwinn wrote:Some pics:
Can I get another topend out of this thing?
Warning! This member tends to use sarcasm as a regular form of communication. If a post seems offensive, before you panic and fly off the handle, re-read the post and imagine it being said with a sideways grin.
((Bike Profile))
((Pics))
FIVE OUT OF FOUR PEOPLE DONUT UNDERSTAND FRACTIONS
((Bike Profile))
((Pics))
FIVE OUT OF FOUR PEOPLE DONUT UNDERSTAND FRACTIONS
- frankenschwinn
- Supporting Member II
- Posts: 482
- Joined: 01:20 pm Nov 28 2009
- Country:
- Julien D
- KDXRider.net
- Posts: 5858
- Joined: 07:53 pm Nov 07 2008
- Country: USA
- Contact:
-
- Member
- Posts: 498
- Joined: 03:44 pm Jul 30 2009
- Country:
I don't know....that cylinder really looks "OK" to me. There are a couple of light scores, but nothing that would make me send it out right away unless I had money to burn, and/or I was seeking perfection. The plating looks to be entirely intact, and in good shape for the most part. I see no flakeing at all. Flakeing is pretty obvious when you see it. KX500's were famous for this, and I have seen several of them in bad shape.
I would clean it up, install a new piston and rings, and run it.
**JMO**
I would clean it up, install a new piston and rings, and run it.
**JMO**
2004 Dual Sported KDX200
1999 Ninja 250 (Daughter's)
1996 DR 650 (stock, mostly street use)
1999 Ninja 250 (Daughter's)
1996 DR 650 (stock, mostly street use)
- frankenschwinn
- Supporting Member II
- Posts: 482
- Joined: 01:20 pm Nov 28 2009
- Country:
- Cturbo
- Member
- Posts: 44
- Joined: 07:25 pm Nov 09 2007
- Country:
- Location: Puerto Rico
- Julien D
- KDXRider.net
- Posts: 5858
- Joined: 07:53 pm Nov 07 2008
- Country: USA
- Contact:
Agree on the forged piston. I did a similar thing with the first top end on my bike. It was barely in spec, with wear on the bottom of the cylinder similar to yours. It destroyed a cast piston in short order. I took it out just in time. The skirts had started to develop stress cracks from piston slap after just a few months time.
- frankenschwinn
- Supporting Member II
- Posts: 482
- Joined: 01:20 pm Nov 28 2009
- Country:
- Varmint
- KDXRider.net
- Posts: 823
- Joined: 01:33 pm Oct 27 2008
- Country:
- Location: Bristol, Connecticut
- Contact:
- Julien D
- KDXRider.net
- Posts: 5858
- Joined: 07:53 pm Nov 07 2008
- Country: USA
- Contact:
- Mr. Wibbens
- KDXRider.net
- Posts: 4884
- Joined: 02:57 am Nov 07 2004
- Country:
- Location: Playing in the Poison Oak
- Contact:
Mine looked similar to the OP's before I hit it with the Scotchpad
I looked but I guess I did not take any before pics
I looked but I guess I did not take any before pics
Warning! This member tends to use sarcasm as a regular form of communication. If a post seems offensive, before you panic and fly off the handle, re-read the post and imagine it being said with a sideways grin.
((Bike Profile))
((Pics))
FIVE OUT OF FOUR PEOPLE DONUT UNDERSTAND FRACTIONS
((Bike Profile))
((Pics))
FIVE OUT OF FOUR PEOPLE DONUT UNDERSTAND FRACTIONS
- Indawoods
- Creator and Founder
- Posts: 9951
- Joined: 09:59 am Jun 12 2003
- Country:
- Location: Midwest
Looks perfect Wibby!
*** Administrator //***
****'95 KDX 200/****
"People ate cows a thousand years ago for the same reason we eat them now. Cause they are easy to catch.We're not savages,we're just lazy. A cheetah could taste like chocolate heroin. But will never know. Those bastards are fast!!! "
****'95 KDX 200/****
"People ate cows a thousand years ago for the same reason we eat them now. Cause they are easy to catch.We're not savages,we're just lazy. A cheetah could taste like chocolate heroin. But will never know. Those bastards are fast!!! "
- Mr. Wibbens
- KDXRider.net
- Posts: 4884
- Joined: 02:57 am Nov 07 2004
- Country:
- Location: Playing in the Poison Oak
- Contact:
It was a big surprise
But I'm sure I had bloody knuckles
Oh you know what I used? I used a scothpad sponge. It was easier and did not snag on the ports as bad
But I'm sure I had bloody knuckles
Oh you know what I used? I used a scothpad sponge. It was easier and did not snag on the ports as bad
Warning! This member tends to use sarcasm as a regular form of communication. If a post seems offensive, before you panic and fly off the handle, re-read the post and imagine it being said with a sideways grin.
((Bike Profile))
((Pics))
FIVE OUT OF FOUR PEOPLE DONUT UNDERSTAND FRACTIONS
((Bike Profile))
((Pics))
FIVE OUT OF FOUR PEOPLE DONUT UNDERSTAND FRACTIONS