R1200RS + R1250RS Forum
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Wed Aug 20, 2025 8:15 pm
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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #32Zitat von Valks im Beitrag #31 miles, stuck with them as BEAR is from the US I've gotten 10k miles out of my last set of R6, friend on an MT09 is pushing 12k given less bike weight/power and no pillion/luggage
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Zitat von Valks im Beitrag #33Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #32Zitat von Valks im Beitrag #31 are you riding with Miss Daisy on the pillion?
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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #32 Remember that tire test that was done with several 1250 rs's. What did they do? They put the GT's on......... The road 6GT is a superb tire for the RS because the front tire is so small on the RS. The front tire on the heavy RS tends gets shredded fairly easy and it is very clear that these folks know to put the stronger tire on especially up front. The rear tire wouldn't matter as much. I've also seen reviews on the RS by fairly competent riders claiming the RS doesn't feel solid up front. I'm going to assume that those particular bikes had the Z8 on them, which I was able to totally shred in less than 3k miles. The RS, especially the 1250 needs a really strong tire up front. It weighs too much to run regular crotch rocket tires, especially in hard braking. On the GS I have michelin anakee adventures by default. They are mostly a street tire, but do start to flex under hard braking like the Z8's did on the RS. It doesn't matter that much on that bike, but the tires are kind of raggy and somewhat weak. Especially compared to the RS with road 6 GT's ..... I'm going to try a set of the anakee wild on the GS at some point, which are knobbies and do seem to be very popular and make the bike more capable in deep mediums like sand. IMO, if you can feel the tire squirming up front in the twisties, or if it starts to develop big cups in the tread fairly fast, then it isn't strong enough simply and could use a stronger tire there...
larry l langford
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I swapped out the 01's at around 6,000 miles each time. They had lots of tread left, but steering became heavy and the rear was squaring off. I don't trust mileage claims riders make about their tires. A tire may have a load of tread but handles poorly, and that to me means it's done and dusted. |
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are you riding with Miss Daisy on the pillion?
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