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My Yoshimura went boom, 2012 Can Am Spyder RS SM5
Friday 09/28/2018 was an interesting day, after a long day working it was 1:30pm and time to head home. I entered the I17 heading south to the 101 here in AZ, as I passed Thunderbird RD, and near Northern I felt something fairly hard hit the back of my right leg then a bit of a shudder lots of vibration and increased noise. I thought maybe the spring holding my Yoshimura pipe may have somehow dislodged and came off, when I got home it was gone and I wasnt so worried local hardware store and I can get a new spring for it. Then for the hell of it I looked back at the bikes exhaust and there was a fist size hole:shocked::shocked::shocked::banghead::banghead ::gaah:, it detonated literally exploded while I was driving. I'm lucky though the plastic guard kept the metal from penetrating the rear tire and deflected it away from my leg. I have never heard of a Yoshi let alone most if any exhausts exploding, it was crazy but now im shelling out some $300+ for a Two Brothers exhaust which I had on my old Dual Sport Honda 650 which i loved. Goes to show that no matter how strong or well made, once in a while things can go bad. Also this exhaust was on the bike when i purchased it from the dealership last year with 1150 miles on it, guess its a good excuse to upgrade lol.
I suggest you contact Yoshimura in California
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The Ancients
Friday 09/28/2018 was an interesting day, after a long day working it was 1:30pm and time to head home. I entered the I17 heading south to the 101 here in AZ, as I passed Thunderbird RD, and near Northern I felt something fairly hard hit the back of my right leg then a bit of a shudder lots of vibration and increased noise. I thought maybe the spring holding my Yoshimura pipe may have somehow dislodged and came off, when I got home it was gone and I wasnt so worried local hardware store and I can get a new spring for it. Then for the hell of it I looked back at the bikes exhaust and there was a fist size hole:shocked::shocked::shocked::banghead::banghead ::gaah:, it detonated literally exploded while I was driving. I'm lucky though the plastic guard kept the metal from penetrating the rear tire and deflected it away from my leg. I have never heard of a Yoshi let alone most if any exhausts exploding, it was crazy but now im shelling out some $300+ for a Two Brothers exhaust which I had on my old Dual Sport Honda 650 which i loved. Goes to show that no matter how strong or well made, once in a while things can go bad. Also this exhaust was on the bike when i purchased it from the dealership last year with 1150 miles on it, guess its a good excuse to upgrade lol.
I suggest you call Yoshimura 800-634-9166 in California.
Email them your photo of Yoshimura muffler blowing out the side.
Thank you for the phone number
Oh man i thought someone had done something to the bike, possibly put a live round lol the bike did have a tendancy to pop and backfire a bit like a super bike would. I actually asked the dealership about that, they said it was normal for the bike to pop a lot as i slowed down this though didnt seem quite normal. I will indeed be sending a picture to them by mail Jim, and give them a call, this is definitely a unique situation but i found a two bros exhaust for $327 with free shipping im getting withdrawals from not riding it will be here by the 11th then back on the road again. I will probably send yoshi the pipe to let them see what happened, maybe give me an idea of what may have caused it.
