oil grunge on oil cooler cable lines?

[tekmoe]

after 860 miles, i finally decided to clean off the oil grunge that piled up on the oil cooler lines. i just used some wd40 and got all of it off. i've ridden about 20 miles today and can't see a single sign of any oil now.

does this happen often or is it because my bike was brand new and the lines were not fully sealed?

[cheapbastard]

they still build up a little from time to time, but I don't really know if it's oil grunge, or just***** from the road. But I do know when I bought mine with 2200 miles on it, it didn't look like the previous owner had touched them. So I cleaned them up, and it hasn't built up that bad at all. I'll still wipe them off from time to time, but I'm anal about keeping her spotless! :-D