Wing and Brick Logo

Here's a logo that I pulled together for a BMW K-Bike Site.  They were looking for combinations of a German Winged Eagle and Brick Engine.  I think it came out OK.

Cold Weather Riding

Fired up the K at a frosty 31 degrees. After a little rough idling it quickly warmed up and shrugged off the cold. During the peak summer months the heat coming off the engine feels like a blow dryer pointed at mid-calf. But when the temperature drops it sure is nice to feel the heat.
I took it for a relatively short ride and couldn't find a thing to complain about. Maybe I will be posting on how it handles in snow in a few month. Yuk.

Possible Explanation?

The photo in my prior post was taken shortly after a 1 mile ride on a cold day. The oil sight glass window looked like there was white smoke and some fluid or particulate in the oil. I wondered if I had some coolant leaking into the oil or worse. Oddly enough, when I looked at the bike the next morning it seemed fine. The striations in the fluid were gone. I went for a 200 mile ride and when I parked the bike it looked just like normal.

My theory at this point is that there may have been some crankcase smoke that was trapped inside by the breather tube. As this smoke started to condense it looked more like a foreign material. Best guess I can come up with. The smokiness above the oil level disappeard quickly whereas some of the particulate of the smoke may have precipated into the oil. Good news is that everything is looking fine at this point.

Best of all it is November and I've had good sunshiny days every weekend and have been able to ride without even needing heated apparel. Meanwhile people in Michigan and throughout Canada are tucking their bikes in for the winter.

Milky fluid in oil sight glass

Rode the bike to work this morning at a frosty 31 degrees and everything seemed to run great once the bike warmed up.  Parked in the parking deck and mid-day temps rose to about 55 degrees. After my commute home from work (maybe 48 degrees) I checked my oil sight glass and saw this milky fluid sloshing around in my oil.   Nothing else seemed odd but this has me concerned that maybe I'm getting some coolant in the oil or something.  We'll check it in the moring before I head out for my Saturday expedition. Arghhh...