tire/ clutch life for daily riders

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FRENCHY23
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tire/ clutch life for daily riders

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Hi all!

first post here,

question regarding tire life and clutch life for the daily riders.

how often are you replacing tires/brake pads, every 10k miles or less?
and has anyone put the rekluse clutch on their rt? is it worth the hype?
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Hi and welcome

9k out of my last set of tyres which where michelin road 6 gt

Mix of hard riding and two up touring which I thought wasn't too bad

I can't help with the clutch though
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Different BMW, but on my C650 Sport I just replaced the tires and brake pads at 10K miles. That bike I ride almost exclusively in town on surface streets (lots of braking and accelerating!). The 1200RT I will ride mostly long-distance highway, so I expect relatively little wear on clutch or brake pads, and hope to also get around 10K miles out of a set of tires. I just bought it, so we'll have to see over the next year or two.
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So my shop currently has a bid in to service the local PD BMW rt1250 police bikes, and having never owned one for very long I am trying to gauge weather 2 clutches a year and 4 sets of tires would cover the cops for about 25k miles per year,
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There is something wrong if you are burning through 1 clutch in 25k let alone 2 :shock:
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Am on the original clutch at 61000 miles
Trust me I am a retired Doctor and lecturer at Oxford University of Structural and Mechanical/Electrical engineering.
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