Was a bit concerned at first about the price for this exhaust. But After installing it today all I can say is Supremo job Yoshimura with this exhaust! Super easy install under 20 minutes, great quality, and now my XR sounds amazing!

Like many people when I saw the $500 price tag of an exhaust for a bike that only costs ~$3,500, I thought no way. I did what many others did by cutting the stock spark arrestor to get a louder sound from the stock exhaust. To be honest, it sounds terrible. The stock exhaust is just a crappy echo chamber at that point and has no depth behind it (in regards to the sound). It wasn't until I came across a little extra cash I thought why not and got the yoshi. Man, why did I ever wait.

The Yoshi looks better, sounds better, and performs better. Now I know they put out those charts of % gain in torque and horsepower but I wasn't expecting any actual performance change, since the HP and torque on the bike are so low to begin with. However, on my normal route home, I normally have a stretch where I open the bike up and top out around 55 mph. With the Yoshi I've been hitting 60 mph on the same stretch consistently, and that's without increasing to a 115 main jet, which I think will do even better. Of course, the sound, it sounds like an actual motorcycle now and a good-sounding one at that. I've never had a Yoshi on a bike before but I guess these guys know what they're doing.

In the end it's still $500 for a cheap bike. I can see why many wouldn't want to invest in it but if you like the bike, why not? Just because it was cheap and has a smaller engine doesn't mean you can't enjoy it and enjoy modding it.