I tried a number of exhausts with my 2008 GS and finally settled on the Yoshimura RS3 Carbon. Love the look and the sound. I have been running it for most of the miles on my Spyder and it's been bullet proof. I just re-packed it this winter. If the packing goes away it creates a hot spot where the exhaust concentrates on a small portion of the can. This fatigues and weakens that particular spot. If you get a backfire it can blow out right there. This will happen to any exhaust.

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