22-05-17, 02:55 PM
When you first changed it and then checked it over the next few days did you have the bike on sidestand ?
You will never get a true reading unless the bike is totally upright on very level ground and the engine has been run for a few minutes then left for the oil to drain down.
As for the colour and amount mine is the same, change oil putting about 2.5 litres in with a filter change and oil is black after 300 to 400 miles. You never get all the old oil out, so the old oil left in the engine quickly mixes with the new making it look black.
I once overfilled mine, the sight glass was full so undid the drain bolt till I could see it dead level with the upper line then nipped up drain bolt. I had drained the excess into an old measuring jug and it measured only 75 millilitres, very much doubt if that could have caused any damage to engine.
You will never get a true reading unless the bike is totally upright on very level ground and the engine has been run for a few minutes then left for the oil to drain down.
As for the colour and amount mine is the same, change oil putting about 2.5 litres in with a filter change and oil is black after 300 to 400 miles. You never get all the old oil out, so the old oil left in the engine quickly mixes with the new making it look black.
I once overfilled mine, the sight glass was full so undid the drain bolt till I could see it dead level with the upper line then nipped up drain bolt. I had drained the excess into an old measuring jug and it measured only 75 millilitres, very much doubt if that could have caused any damage to engine.