I think the jury is well and truly out on this one. Some say using the clutch makes it last longer. My current bike has done just over 200,000k, clutched every shift, and I'm still on the original clutch. I'm just now thinking about replacing it as it slips a little at red line (only at or near red line and only a little).
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