>Alan,
>I went through this too, but took another route. There are
companies in N.A.
>that will bore out the cylinder and put in a brass sleeve; it's
about 0.032"
>thick and will never pit, although they recommend against using
DOT5, but I
>don't know why.
>Perhaps there are some outfits on your side of the Atlantic that do
this. Just
>for the sake of comparison, I got mine done at Whitepost
Restorations
>(http://www.whitepost.com) in the US, and they charged $50 US per
bore (I got
>both cylinders done, and they're both single bore, so it cost me
$100 US. If a
>cylinder were a two circuit, stepped bore type, that one MC would
cost $100).
>Regards,
>Jim Wallace
>Ottawa, Canada
Thanks Jim ( and to all the others who responded ),
This sounds like a great solution. However I don't know of
anyone in the UK that offers this service. Do any UK based listees know of
anyone in the UK that bores and sleeves M/C's?
Thanks again,
Alan Williamson
1967 TR4A
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