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@AeroEngineer18 
There's nothing in the way of 'bad etiquette' to posting in an older thread
IF you're adding to the knowledge/experience base &/or carrying on in the same discussion; in fact, it's generally preferred to continue an existing thread on the subject over starting yet another bloody thread on exactly the same subject, like does happen so often with oil threads!!
And please, don't ever go doing some ancient thread archaeology only to post up only to say something like 'interesting', or worse, 'following' - in a thread that was last posted in years ago!!
Basically, Please
DO always search first to see if there's an existing thread on any given subject (and there's not really all that much about Spyders which hasn't been at least been
touched upon since the Forum started back when the 2008 GS's first hit the streets!
) and if you are going to continue posting in an existing discussion thread, do check the date the original post started the thread
AND the dates of the last few posts and when those posters last visited the Forum in any thread
before you add a reply, so that you're at least aware that you're not asking a pressing question of people who haven't been here for maybe 15+ or so years, or even maybe 2-5 years; and please, if you do decide to start a new thread, then always
briefly ASK your question in the new thread title, then flesh it out/add the detail in the text of the threads' first post - that'll not only help you get answers now, but it'll also help all readers, potential respondents, and everyone searching on any subject for years to come!
And all that said, I'm pretty sure he'll pop in to respond himself eventually, but I'm just as sure that,
YES, Ron's recommendations in post #5 here re using 10W40 oils still stands.
Ps: I wouldn't worry too much about letting it idle for a few minutes at start up on cold days, just start it up, sort yourself & your gear, and ride on straight away, gently, once started, but do take it easy for a minute or two - that's
much better for any engine and gearbox than sitting at idle not moving on start up, especially our V-Twin Rotax engines, and it's also better for fuel economy, the drive line, the tires, traction, and basically everything else beside!! Just sitting' at idle for long at any time isn't ever the best thing to do to an engine, altho it might not kill things immediately!
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