Top end question
Posted: August 13th, 2009, 6:24 am
Putting a new top end on my 500.... Piston was a ProX 89.25 with normal 2-3 years of cylinder wear.
Local shop has good reputation with local racers with their bore jobs and are comparable to costs (minus shipping) of Glen and others. Issue is if I get the piston kit, bearing, gasket kit from them it would be $275 with sales tax for the parts alone.
Mail order options:
Motosport - Wiseco 89.50 kit, bearing and top end gasket $215.00 shipped
or
eBay - Wiseco 89.75 kit, bearing and top end gasket $195.00 shipped
Funds are really tight and I want to ride sooner then later, should I just go the next size up or be super cheap and try to save the $20.00 and go to .75 over rather then .50? Would I get a better chance at better bore if I went with the .75 over or am I just wasting .25 of my cylinder walls?
Local shop has good reputation with local racers with their bore jobs and are comparable to costs (minus shipping) of Glen and others. Issue is if I get the piston kit, bearing, gasket kit from them it would be $275 with sales tax for the parts alone.
Mail order options:
Motosport - Wiseco 89.50 kit, bearing and top end gasket $215.00 shipped
or
eBay - Wiseco 89.75 kit, bearing and top end gasket $195.00 shipped
Funds are really tight and I want to ride sooner then later, should I just go the next size up or be super cheap and try to save the $20.00 and go to .75 over rather then .50? Would I get a better chance at better bore if I went with the .75 over or am I just wasting .25 of my cylinder walls?
