First oil change - wow. (HUGE pic)

[sleepermaxima]

So I had already racked up 60 miles on this new bike that I just got on Monday. Figured I would be smart to get that oil out of there and some clean stuff back in. Anyone who has broken in a motor before has seen this before... if they were paying attention. I just figured I would share some imagery for those that are interested in seeing what lots of metal flake in oil looks like

This is the backflow from the old oil filter. Some flake came out of the crankcase but nothing like the junk the filter puked up.

I didn't reduce the pic so the detail could be seen.

The video looks pretty cool too.

[HandoEX]

The sparkles are pretty:icon_geek: Cool post! How do you like the 650 so far?

[sleepermaxima]

Not that I can speak from any real experience for comparisons... but I love the bike. The super broad and flat torque curve is very predictable. It has plenty of legs for me at this point in the game. It's not as quick as most of the 4 cyl 600cc+ sportbikes but still ... it's plenty. Acceleration is pretty comp to the maxima before it popped (see link in sig).

[treimche]

This right here is why people shouldn't wait 500 miles to do their first oil change. You should really do about 4 or 5 in the first 1000 miles.

[KA-T_240]

^I am with him!

My motor in my DD 240 has like 400 miles on it. I have changed the oil 3 times. Once before it left the shop, another at 25 miles, and then at around 150.