Easy Rider and Chopperguy

A while back I posted about switching to 20w-50. I have halted the experiment. All the spec sheets on the stuff talk about better viscosity at both ends of the heat range. Nope. The stuff is thinner throughout. While I know that after 10 years of hard riding on the old chop she is in need of a top end rebuild, the 20w-50 leaked out all over the place. It also did not improve the cold start dramatically. We're talking a difference of 1-5 versus 2-7 kicks. I actually noticed a decrease in hot start ability. With straight 50w she almost always single kicks when warmed up. On 20w-50, she had a tendency to foul the plugs and give me a hassle.

So it's back to straight 50w for me. I didn't even reach summer heat