P700 Best oil weight

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Slim24

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What would be best GN4 oil weight for 2020 pioneer 700-4 5w/30 or 10w/30? I live in Arkansas.
 
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What does your manual tell you, and have you searched yet for that very topic?
Personally I run GN4 10w30.
Oil is like tires, everyone has a preference and some reason that works for them and the style of riding they enjoy.
 
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What he^^^^^^^^said!

FYI i use Rotella T6 5w40 and have used it in my machine since 16’ negative on the issues.
 
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I use gn 10-30 in the winter and gn 10-40 in the summer
 
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I had Honda 5-30 put in at my first service. It allows my machine to start easier in the cold temperatures we get here in vt. When the snow plow comes off I'll switch back to 10-40 for the summer. I'm only doing this because I need my machine to start every time so that I can plow my steep driveway and get off the ice after a day of fishing.
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I run 5-30 in winter and 10-40 in summer in all my ATV's but in MT we have a 130 deg temperature swing
 
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I use 10 -30 Honda oil all year round
 
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I’ve got an Italian Husqvarna dirt bike that was extremely fussy on oil. Extensive research concluded the best choice for that machine was 0w40 Mobil 1 European Car Formula. It has a nice additive package and was good for the clutches. Not saying this is good for the Honda, just that it could be considered, especially in very cold weather.
 
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Husqvarna is Swedish and KTM that now owns them is Austrian.
When were they made in Italy.
Mine is Swedish for certain.
 
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has Husqvarna ever made in Italy motorcycles were then produced in Varese, Italy. ... Later in 2013, direct ownership of the Husqvarna company was transferred and license rights were sold from Pierer Industrie AG to KTM AG, making the newly established Husqvarna Motorcycle GmbH part of the KTM Group.
 
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Like 2007-2013, owned by BMW at the time. Anyways, next winter, I might give it a try.
 
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This close to summer I would run 10w-40. The first number is the viscosity of the oil when cold. Maybe 5w-30 when it's cold. @Mudwing has a 700 and may have more insight.
 
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Amsoil 0-40 in all of my machines since forever. Like others have said, everyone has their preference.
 
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I had Honda 5-30 put in at my first service. It allows my machine to start easier in the cold temperatures we get here in vt. When the snow plow comes off I'll switch back to 10-40 for the summer. I'm only doing this because I need my machine to start every time so that I can plow my steep driveway and get off the ice after a day of fishing.
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Love Vermont. I have a lot of family there, still have a family farm in Westmore and a sugar shack in Derby!
 
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Love Vermont. I have a lot of family there, still have a family farm in Westmore and a sugar shack in Derby!
We're collecting sap from our sugar maples for the first time and a neighbor is boiling it down for us in the new sugar shack that he built this winter!
 
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