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Originally Posted by cuong-nutz
You struck gold!!
I'm drawing a gray cloud right now but low oil light means you have low oil pressure and those flakes are along the lines of bearings gone bad.
I do not recall the bearings having copper or brass in them. It's been a while so I'll wait for expert/veteran opinions.
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Low oil pressure AND water temp light were staying on longer than normal. Soon as I changed battery, issue went away. Old battery had a low charge and wouldn't ever charge over 13.6 volts. Possible it could've been original, plus positive terminal had some serious growth...all those plus a new battery from Amazon for $26 shipped is what made me change it. I feel decent in saying that the lights staying on longer than normal were due to the battery, and that the engine was never starved for oil. I've always been pretty religious about checking fluid levels, and making sure that I keep good oil in the bike. Since I've had the bike, I did a pretty good oil flush when I first got it, and a Motorkote treatment. Did that again last year. Just trying to see if some of the folks here who have gone through motors or rebuilt have seen something like this. Trying to gauge my 'worry' level, and whether I need to be getting a 500....
~Thanks