I completed a full oil change today on my 2012 14r and after giving it a short idle of approximately 1 minute to fill the oil filter this is what I saw in the window:
This is the entire process I went through:
-removed drain bolt and filter, allowed to drain (got caught up with a meeting and didn't get back for approximately 4 hours).
-Now completely drained, I poured approx. 400 mL of new oil through reservoir and allowed to come out the drain bolt until flow slowed to a drip.
-Cleaned/replaced drain bolt and torqued to spec in manual (22 ft lb).
-Installed new oil filter and torqued to spec in manual (13 ft lb).
-Poured in 4 L of new oil (stopped when it hit the high line in sight glass).
-turned engine over for 20 secs to fill the filter and drop reservoir level.
-Poured in another 0.6 L of new oil (stopped when level hit center of sight glass).
-Ran engine for about 1 minute to ensure filter was filled completely and re-checked level a few minutes later when oil had drained back to the reservoir.
-Took photo.
New Oil Filter : K&N KN303
New Oil : Mobil 1 4T 10W-40
Ambient temperature was around 15°C (~59°F)
Is this anything to be concerned about? The previous oil never showed anything like this in the sight glass. I've only had the bike for about 2 months (~1500 kms added by me so far) but not knowing the previous oil condition/quality I like the peace of mind knowing exactly what is in my machine, hence the early change.
I appreciate any/all feedback, thanks in advance.
* Last updated by: redimp on 6/26/2014 @ 7:24 AM *