Low clutch reservoir

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Re: Low clutch reservoir

Post by ghostrdr » Sun Sep 01, 2019 2:53 pm

The fluid in my bike turned black in the first 100 miles. I asked at the service dept. and they also claimed it was just dye. Over the next 1500 miles it has gradually returned to the normal color. I wouldn't worry about it.
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Re: Low clutch reservoir

Post by JustinP » Sun Sep 01, 2019 9:36 pm

ghostrdr wrote: Sun Sep 01, 2019 2:53 pm The fluid in my bike turned black in the first 100 miles. I asked at the service dept. and they also claimed it was just dye. Over the next 1500 miles it has gradually returned to the normal color. I wouldn't worry about it.
I'm at 4500 on the original fluid, and it's normal color. I've only seen it bubble one morning when pulling the bike out and starting it.
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Re: Low clutch reservoir

Post by dieseldad60 » Tue Sep 03, 2019 2:36 pm

My bike is at 4k miles and the fluid turned black within the first 100 miles and has never changed color again. Not losing any as far as I can tell but it sure ain't pretty :)
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Re: Low clutch reservoir

Post by Burmashave » Tue Sep 03, 2019 3:12 pm

dieseldad60 wrote: Tue Sep 03, 2019 2:36 pm My bike is at 4k miles and the fluid turned black within the first 100 miles and has never changed color again. Not losing any as far as I can tell but it sure ain't pretty :)
Mine took much longer than 4k miles to clear, but eventually it did.
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Re: Low clutch reservoir

Post by Tefal » Sat Sep 07, 2019 10:48 am

Since having the clutch slave cylinder replaces my fluid is still clear and light
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Re: Low clutch reservoir

Post by dieseldad60 » Tue Sep 10, 2019 6:54 pm

Put in some Motul RBF600 this weekend. Not too bad a job. Nice a clean now and I have no functional issues, so I must have done it right. :)
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Re: Low clutch reservoir

Post by JonTheChron » Tue Sep 10, 2019 10:46 pm

dieseldad60 wrote: Tue Sep 10, 2019 6:54 pm Put in some Motul RBF600 this weekend. Not too bad a job. Nice a clean now and I have no functional issues, so I must have done it right. :)
You did bleed the rest of the fluid out of the system, right?
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Re: Low clutch reservoir

Post by Prof J » Wed Sep 11, 2019 2:49 am

JonTheChron wrote: Tue Sep 10, 2019 10:46 pm
dieseldad60 wrote: Tue Sep 10, 2019 6:54 pm Put in some Motul RBF600 this weekend. Not too bad a job. Nice a clean now and I have no functional issues, so I must have done it right. :)
You did bleed the rest of the fluid out of the system, right?
Motul RBF600 is compatible with Dot 4. I must be missing something.
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Re: Low clutch reservoir

Post by dieseldad60 » Thu Sep 12, 2019 4:07 pm

JonTheChron wrote: Tue Sep 10, 2019 10:46 pm
dieseldad60 wrote: Tue Sep 10, 2019 6:54 pm Put in some Motul RBF600 this weekend. Not too bad a job. Nice a clean now and I have no functional issues, so I must have done it right. :)
You did bleed the rest of the fluid out of the system, right?
Yup, I did. I got all the old fluid out. I guess I shouldn't have said "some". :-)

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Re: Low clutch reservoir

Post by JonTheChron » Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:19 pm

Prof J wrote: Wed Sep 11, 2019 2:49 am
JonTheChron wrote: Tue Sep 10, 2019 10:46 pm
dieseldad60 wrote: Tue Sep 10, 2019 6:54 pm Put in some Motul RBF600 this weekend. Not too bad a job. Nice a clean now and I have no functional issues, so I must have done it right. :)
You did bleed the rest of the fluid out of the system, right?
Motul RBF600 is compatible with Dot 4. I must be missing something.
Always good to get that junk OEM fluid completely out of the system before refilling with quality fluid. And just because their compatible doesn't mean you'd want to mix them, as that would definitely lower the boiling point of the quality RBF600
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