grandpa wrote on 10/08/10 at 01:42:59:I had a little oil smoke on start up a while back. I had just changed oil and had tried a different oil. Can't remember which brand now so I won't get the oil thread going again. Went back to Castrol and Valvoline bike oil and it went away. I run 20-50 year round and have almost 18,000 miles on 'suzi. No morning fog and no oil burn between changes. The air cooled bikes are a lilltle looser on tolerances when cold. Once warmed up, everything tightens up. I think if you change oil and stay with a known good oil for the bike, your morning fog wil go away. I would't worry about it at all at this point.
Well the smoke was bothering me enough to swap it out and see if that made a difference, a bit of OCD on my part... Had to change the oil on my girlfriends bike anyway. Picked up some Castrol motorcycle oil 20w50 and the smoke is gone!
Maybe my suzi is a bit to "loose" for regular lube..
Darren
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