[The Atomic Ass]

Originally Posted by extragoode

The title pretty much says it. I was thinking about for a couple reasons: I've been advised to stay away from low viscosity oils in my bike because it uses a wet clutch, so I get more drag until the oil warms up which takes about 2 miles I'm guessing based on the hand on the oil tank test (no gauge/2.5 quarts of oil). This is about half my trip most of the time. The other reason is it runs noticeably better when it's really warm out and after it's idled for 30-60 seconds. More even rpm and less smoke. Plus, why not? It'd only take 100w heater for about an hour and I could reuse fill/check level plug. Thoughts or ideas?

You can use as low a viscosity as you can find, as long as the circle doesn't say "energy conserving". That's the clutch killer.

I run EC oil in my Burgman though, as I don't have a wet clutch, and I have to say Royal Purple 5-30 really lets it crank easy, at any temperature.