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Storkfoot wrote:Having run a nicasil lined TS1 for 6 or 7 years with no issues, I am now facing getting it replated for the second time in a year. The cost is getting to me.
Whilst this is a pretty old thread, it has more or less convinced me to go steel liner. Anyone got an views or experiences that haven’t been mentioned above?
Also, what pistons are people using on steel liners please?
HxPaul wrote:Storkfoot wrote:Having run a nicasil lined TS1 for 6 or 7 years with no issues, I am now facing getting it replated for the second time in a year. The cost is getting to me.
Whilst this is a pretty old thread, it has more or less convinced me to go steel liner. Anyone got an views or experiences that haven’t been mentioned above?
Also, what pistons are people using on steel liners please?
If the original plating lasted at least 6 years,since that you've had it replated twice in a year,there's deffinitely something wrong,either with the plating or the place that you had it plated.
Storkfoot wrote:Having run a nicasil lined TS1 for 6 or 7 years with no issues, I am now facing getting it replated for the second time in a year. The cost is getting to me.
Whilst this is a pretty old thread, it has more or less convinced me to go steel liner. Anyone got an views or experiences that haven’t been mentioned above?
Also, what pistons are people using on steel liners please?
dickie wrote:Scotty did mine with a mitaka piston from ron moss. I bought the piston port type as scotty wanted to modify himself rather than get one with windows already cut.
Storkfoot wrote:Having run a nicasil lined TS1 for 6 or 7 years with no issues, I am now facing getting it replated for the second time in a year. The cost is getting to me.
Whilst this is a pretty old thread, it has more or less convinced me to go steel liner. Anyone got an views or experiences that haven’t been mentioned above?
Also, what pistons are people using on steel liners please?
Fast n Furious wrote:
Do you run your TS1 without an air filter?
bike grim wrote:.....Ron Moss has a strict running in regime doesn’t he?
Knowledge wrote:Very true Paul, but then if you damage an iron barrel, you can rebore it, which is cheaper than re-nicasilling the ali barrel.
There are pros and cons.
Keep 'em coming
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