My Yoshimura went boom, 2012 Can Am Spyder RS SM5

[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.

 

[Chupaca]

Yikes...!!!

Never heard of such a thing. I have the same pipe R77 and had the baffle shoot out, foutunately at home, so I drilled a hole in the holding screw and put in a cotter key to keep it form backing out.That would have to be some kind of pressure...:yikes: sure someone didn't toss in a live round of ammo.....

 

[spyderyderjim]

I suggest you contact Yoshimura in California

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.View attachment 166303View attachment 166304

I suggest you call Yoshimura 800-634-9166 in California.
Email them your photo of Yoshimura muffler blowing out the side.

 

[The Ancients]

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.

 

[Saluda]

:shocked:

 

[The Ancients]

Called Yoshimura

I did call Yoshimura up, explaining the situation and they were happy to give me a quoste and shipping. I have already purchased and received the exhaust within 2 days of ordering (wasn’t expecting it until the 11th), I will use the box from the 2 Brothers Exhaust and send back the Yoshi pipe to have it rebuilt. More so to have a spare part in the hopefully unlikely case it happens again, the customer service st Yoshimura is very good I do like how they are more than willing to help and give a the information and I can say the turn around time of 3-5 days is quick.

 

[Firefly]

Good luck with the 2-brothers pipe. They used to be good but the quality has really gone down on them. Know plenty of people who had them fall apart.

I always had good luck with HMF pipes and loved the one I had on my 2008 GS.

 

[Paul Absalom]

Yoshi

I have blown out 2 Yoshimura R77 slip ons. I am now running a Megacycle made in Melbourne. The v-twin produces a lot of exhaust heat which causes the R77's to blow out. The Megacycle has extra packing to cope with heat. Cheers Paul Sent from

 

[achamb7]

Can you share where you found the Two Brothers for that price?

 

[AMTJIM]

This is recent activity, may still be available...the twin can is the one you want, it usually holds up better.

https://m.facebook.com/groups/31362956903?view=permalink&id=10156678484796904

 

[The Ancients]

Two brothers exhaust

Can you share where you found the Two Brothers for that price?

Sorry for this late reply, I found it on EBay I know eBay has a lot of fakes but in this case it was a great deal and came in within a few days.

 

[ARtraveler]

:thumbup:

 

[Bart]

So is Yoshi replacing it at no cost? Just curious how great their CS is.

 

[BajaRon]

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.