Originally posted by mike_95se:
bike has been sitting since november. i jhust did and oil change about 2 wks ago and didnt even drive it since then.



I don't know if your bike is water-cooled or not, but I do know that this time of year when bikes sit for long periods of time in subzero temperatures, the metal gets r-e-a-l cold. When the ambient temperature jumps up like it did here in Central NY today (low 40's!), the (relativly) warm air hits that super cold metal of the bike's motor, and can cause quite a bit of condensation to form (both on the outside of the engine as well as on the i-n-s-i-d-e of the engine). If you then start the engine up and run it for a few minutes, that could turn the oil milky. If you run it until it gets to full operating temp, and THEN ride it for a half hour or so, it should boil that moisture out of the oil. (Just sitting in neutral and reving it won't get the oil hot enough with these low temps.)

(BTW, thats why the mfg suggest you change the oil just before storage, as the moisture from condensation in used motor oil tends to form acids in the oil which attack the bearings.)