Just got myself a nice ‘24 plate RS. Previously had a V4S, traded that for a Rally, and was sitting at home bored, and decided I should try an RS before I get too old. Done a PX over the phone and got it delivered without even seeing - apart from a walk around video. Wow - what a bike. And the bloody noise of the pipe and clutch. My V4S and Rally both had a full system, but this one seems louder somehow. Waiting to get a good ride out, but love it so far. The ridding position is just what I wanted, just like the other two but a bit more aggressive. But it doesn’t like traffic, and does like fuel .
Certainly pleased with it at the moment. Amazing fun to ride, and I hope it will suit me - I have a few long rides planned this year. I’m off to give it long weekend around Wales at the end of the month (800 miles) then off to Most WSB (1,500 miles) in May, then two weeks down to WDW in Rimini (3,000 miles) in July. I keep hearing horror stories and being told that these bike aren’t good at mileage, but surely that’s what they are for? I know it will then be getting close to the 18,000 mile service and prepared to take the hit for that, but surely that is no real mileage for one of these.
Not an RS I know but my first V4S did over 30,000 completely faultless miles. My V4 Rally did 10,000 miles across Canada, Including some gnarly stuff in Labrador and then over the Rockies. Again, totally faultless. thing about Ducati these days is that they’re rock-solid German engineering…
Just booked overnight ferry to France 14th May, wonder if we could get to Most for the race before heading to Spain
Where do these stories come from? BMW Motorrad probably Lots of examples of bikes with decent mileages done.
Mostly seems to be around the dry clutch fitted. New plates every 3,000 miles and a basket every 6,000 That seems shocking - I am doing 3,000 miles on one trip.
That’s no different to the Ducati Performance slipper clutch fitted to my 1098R. Steel compression plates in an aluminium basket is not the most long lived construction. The steel basket in my 748R OE slipper clutch was still going strong after 9000 miles and was good for another 9000 miles. If it’s a problem, EVR has a solution that claims a longer life and they are cheaper than STM. Andy
Every 3000 miles? Mine will be traded for another Pikes Peak when it goes for it's first service, if that's the case!
Replace the clutch housing at 36,000 miles, https://assets.ctfassets.net/oifkva..._Scheduled_Maintenance_MTS_V4_RS_Ed.11-23.pdf. Dry clutch, clutch plates don’t last as long as wet clutch, clutch plates, fact of life. Dry clutch plates seeing typical track style riding will wear out a lot quicker. My 1098R was costing me £1000 in clutches every 2 years on track. Andy
It all depends on how you ride. If you were a BSB rider, probably every 1200km but I’m guessing you are not The people to ask are the Streetfighter V4 riders, same engine and probably similar riding style. A set of plates from MR are about £270. Just ride it and it will be what it will be. Andy
Definitely not I just had an itch to run one for a year as I have some good trips coming up. Mines done 12,000 and now on its 3rd set of plates, so not quite as bad as I thought. I just hope the basket holds up. And as I said earlier, what an amazing bike. For everyone who thinks it lacks torque, you have to remember it revs higher than the GT motor so is quite lowly geared. Roll on etc is amazing, so much fun.
