Wilsons Sandbox

Hi, I'm curious, On my '84 KLR250 I bought for parts, the cylinder looks a little weird, to me. It is somewhat scored, but, there are 4 areas that are scored the worst, all equally spaced. It is at the bottom of the sleeve. On the outside of the sleeve, it is obvious it got hot in those spots, and softened the metal (it turned brownish). But, the person I bought it from will bore it out for me. Is it still useable, with the heat damage (for lack of a better term)? The piston is toast.

Just rode the KLR aggressively for the first time since Its birthday (two months ago). Did ok in some areas, did horrible in others. on the standard old mining trails it held its own. Jumps fairly well, lands hard while bottoming out the suspension. The most trouble is on soft sand or soft gravel in the dry wash areas. In these areas it feels like I am riding on a roadbed of marbles.( I am in the Las Vegas / South-west U.S. area. Only laid it over 4 times today..However, it was some very agressive riding and I am still building my skills riding cross terrain and up the side of mountains. I think my next big mod will be improving the spring rates on the front and rear suspension. Any other Las Vegas region KLR riders out there? If it ain't scratched...you ain't ridin.