Break in oil?

[flynrider]

I'll take the bait.

Do new CB1100's come filled with break in oil or not?

Regardless I rode a little bit heavy handed and changed oil at 70 miles and at 800 miles.

+1, I did the same. I was glad too, my 1st change the oil was nasty looking.

The first change usually looks pretty bad, even after just a few hundred miles. They use a few types of assembly greases when building the engine and tranny. Those greases get washed into the oil when the bike is run and generally turn the oil a dark brown or black within the first hundred miles.