Honing a modern model engine liner or even scuffing with anything abrasive at all sounds like bad advice to me (unless it is a steel, unplated sleeve). I believe all modern cylinder liners are now plated with either chrome or nickle, and polished at the factory to the specs needed for optimum running. The engines were made to "break-in" by running. Follow the mfg's recommendations and you won't have any problems.

Honing was for steel sleeves to remove bore marks/ridges from machining, and to give a smooth surface with just enough bite to wear the iron rings in correctly.