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.
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