two K1300S bikes, S1000R & Vespa 150 Primavera clown paint job
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I don't think people change their clutch disks at 40K miles. I know BMW thinks that normal clutch failure is at 35K miles, but but most go way beyond that. I do think a hard look inside that cover once and a while is good. I'm wondering if there was any pre noise or indications.
BMW is not curious because they don't care. The bike is out of production, your bike is over 10 years old it is a dead production line. For a performance bike it is old news at 10 years. I'd clean it up, install used but good parts being careful to install a new bushing for the main shaft and a new bearing in the inner basket. See the posts on the quality of that bearing in aftermarket vs factory. And move on riding your very cool bike. And no need to take it to red line very often. Be concerned about this bearing:
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I don't think people change their clutch disks at 40K miles. I know BMW thinks that normal clutch failure is at 35K miles, but but most go way beyond that. I do think a hard look inside that cover once and a while is good. I'm wondering if there was any pre noise or indications.
BMW is not curious because they don't care. The bike is out of production, your bike is over 10 years old it is a dead production line. For a performance bike it is old news at 10 years. I'd clean it up, install used but good parts being careful to install a new bushing for the main shaft and a new bearing in the inner basket. See the posts on the quality of that bearing in aftermarket vs factory. And move on riding your very cool bike. And no need to take it to red line very often. Be concerned about this bearing:
