Best Tires for the BMW R1200RT

I'm currently on my second pair of T32GT tires on my R1200RT. The handling improvement over the previous very heavy/slow steering Michelin PR4GT tires was immediately noticeable when rolling out of my driveway withe the first pair of T32GTs, and the tires continue excel in all conditions whether dry or wet, cold or hot. The T32GT wear is very disappointing to me though; less than 7,000 miles to the rear tire wear bars on the first set and the second set won't make it that far. I routinely got over 10k miles from a variety of different tires on previous > 1,000cc sport touring and adventure touring bikes, riding all in the same type conditions (mostly solo and no luggage) and in the same region of the US, and I expected many more miles out of modern premium tires.

Like most riders, if I was loaded I would have replaced the excellent Michelins on my GTR1400, not loaded, I found a YouTube video with (I think) Chris Walker and his mates testing the ST tires on a circuit on several bikes, including an equally heavy / powerful ZZR1400. Well these guys tried their best to get the bikes moving, and regardless of what they did, the tires held up. The following day journalists who were at the track to the bikes on the roads with the used tires, they loved them too. I invested £130 in a pair, scrubbed them in, and on Scottish Highland roads (where I now live) pushed them more and more to see if I done the right thing or sell them off and go back to the dealer tires. Shouldn't have doubted myself, great in the dry and equally confidence 'making progress' in the wet. All I can say is blòody great tires and will put a pair on my new bike R1200RT for my NC500 in under 24hrs in June 2021. Definitely money well spent.