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Professional "scooter trash".
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5W hydrocracked "synthetic" and it is making noise... nothing surprising there, that's pretty normal.
My dealer and his mechanic (both involved with FACTORY racing since the air cooled GS days) told me when I bought mine 20W summer, 15W winter, but, that's for the Gulf Coast, Long Island, etc...
The Savage is a very primitive design with rather loose tolerances. Too light of oil, she's gonna make noise. 10W is too light in mine and has been since day one. Bought in Biloxi MS in February, ran the factory fill for 1200 miles (in 2 weeks) and switched it to 20W50 the next fill. She's now 15 years old, opened it up 2 weeks ago to check the cam chain and the motor innards are spotless. No sludge, no glitter, no heat discoloration... just needs a cam chain tensioner. And smaller jets, the exhaust valve stems are black and "fluffy" from an excess of toasted fuel going through them instead of burned fuel.
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