Featured V4 Now A V4 Rs Owner

Great news for you and enjoy your new bike. I went for the M1000xr for a change , bonkers as well , not got all the bells and whistles as the V4 but a mad engine and its good on tyres ( well so far lol) Happy new bike and ride safe.

 

I thought you've been a bit quiet on here lately!

 

Well , I had bought a 25 plate V4 s again , got lent an M1000r for a few days as my mate was away . Loved it , complete change from the V4 , but a bit to cramped . So on that engine alone decided the XR was better . I was right .
Not as pampered as the V4 but very engaging as a Time Machine lol .

 

I was also concerned about the dry clutch longevity, especially given the amount of mileage I seem to do, so my MY26 RS will be converted to a wet clutch before too long, happy to forgo the iconic rattle

 

and yet a dry clutch is a £3k option for bikes with standard wet clutch. crazy

 

Maybe we could do a swap!

 

My dry clutch for yours .......though seriously someone might

 

I would worry about your tyres as well , 3k , you need to factor in a tyre change

 

This, if my tour breaches ~2k one way (starting with fresh rubber and dependant on if motorway running or not), I'm shopping for a garage at the mid point ahead of time.

 

Motorway? What that?

We’re talking about the RS here, motorways do not exist when you own an RS.

 

Good, else it'll be a very big waste of money!

 

Fresh rubber always , got a tyre change arranged in Andorra at 1000 miles so should be good on the Rosso 4 as used the the T33 Bridgestones on the last V4 which were no good at similar mileage and ruined the trip . Expect the M Xr will better as an in line 4 so less deceleration stress , well hope so . Done 1000 on the current Rossi 4 , but cold and wet roads and not pushing so judging on the wear so far , for the record …..

 

Be cheaper to fit a wet clutch instead

 

I'm sure you'll love the bike and take with a pinch of salt some of the comments on here. The bike is a high performance motorcycle so is going to drink fuel if you go ballistic, like wise it will sip fuel on a motorway with the cruise control on. Last year I took the bike to Germany Saxon ring then on to the Czech Rep Bruno and had no worse fuel economy than a V4S Multi & a KTM Super Duke.
Clutch every 3 thousand miles !!! I should be on my 3rd clutch by now. I've done just shy of 7 thousand miles and the clutch is fine.
Tyres, yes you won't get far on the OE Pirelli Diablo Rosso Corsa's But a set of Metzeler Roadtec's are up for a big foreign trip over 4000 miles and still going.
The only down side to owning the bike is the lack of sunshine.. Enjoy.