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    New rings needed?

    He guys, I picked up a low mileage 650 cylinder and pistons for my 550/650 engine rebuild. The cylinder and pistons have just under 7000 original miles. I can still see the oem hone marks on the cylinder walls. Do you think I need to put new rings on or is the mileage low enough that it's not worth the cost?

    Thanks,
    Sci85
    1982 GS550M Rebuilt Winter '12 - 550 to 673cc engine conversion.
    1989 Kawasaki ZX-7 Ninja
    2016 Ducati Scrambler Full Throttle

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    Unless the rings are damaged they should be fine for another 100,000 miles or so.
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      Thanks tkent02. However, I forgot to mention that the pistons and cylinder were disassembled so I have NO idea which piston went in which cylinder. Does that change things?
      1982 GS550M Rebuilt Winter '12 - 550 to 673cc engine conversion.
      1989 Kawasaki ZX-7 Ninja
      2016 Ducati Scrambler Full Throttle

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