Hurric Rac1 Slip On FITTED to Versys 650

[@aaronweigl964]

Just commenting to let you know your videos are superb! Great mix of information and humour.

[@AndyManCam]

Thank you most kindly Aaron! Then I'm hitting the mark I'm aiming for! :D

[@maurits1969]

I've seen comedians way less funny than you mate. That was by far the most entertaining and funny DIY motovid out there. I'm a fan!

[@AndyManCam]

Cheers mate! Just hope I can keep it up now!

[@elrayox8932]

I liked that your right glove acted as a gauge of your struggle.

[@AndyManCam]

HAHA! Those gloves were the windows to my will to carry on!

[@HarryL2020]

Andy Man Cam Heating it up will make the metal expand, try putting cold water or some ice cubes on it.

[@REPORODGE]

Can you show us how to ballance the boddies on thease

[@Gee_w_photo]

This brings back memories! Nearly stabbed my SV when replacing the 13 yr old stock system! Broken clamps, seized joints and broken captive nuts...I had to leave it in pieces and start again the next day or I'd have torched it! Good work Andy!

[@AndyManCam]

+CPTN Blackbeard Hahaha! I know that feeling! I blame working on cars and bikes entirely for my monk-like patience!

[@Fr3ubel]

Jayyyy finally the video we all have been waiting for - the giant muffler !! Great video Andy :)

[@AndyManCam]

Whooo Hooo! WARRRP! High 5!

[@Viper6-MotoVlogger]

That was a total pain in the butt, and I've seen vehicles with smaller silencers. That bike now sounds awesome mate.

[@AndyManCam]

I know right! That stock box was a beast! In the US, there are a bunch of folks who have actually taken a silencer off of some car or other and put it onto their Versys/Ninja for better airflow!

[@bronsinterieur]

Hey Andyman! Just installed an Hurric Rac1 exhaust on my Versys 650 (2009) the sound difference is crazy! On your video it is kinda hard to hear the real difference... but in real life it sounds brutal! Your video helped me very much.. greetings from holland

[@AndyManCam]

+Peter c I know right! I thought that as soon as i started editing this tour. It's louder, but not nearly a true representation! Thanks mate!

[@AndyManCam]

+Peter c I know right! I thought that as soon as i started editing this tour. It's louder, but not nearly a true representation! Thanks mate!

[@c0r0istian]

Hey man, ik zit te kijken om zelfde te doen bij mijn versys, kan je mij je ervaringen vertellen? Ik kom zelf uit Amersfoort

[@bronsinterieur]

@@c0r0istian Hey kerel wat grappig man is alweer tijdje terug dit... Ik heb die versys niet meer rijd nu een supermotard. Maar mocht je twijfelen over die uitlaat.. niet nodig. Echt voor een zeer goede prijs een beest van een uitlaat. Hou wel rekening met het feit dat hij echt hard klinkt zelfs met de demper erin. Ik kan hem wel aanraden voor een versys, maakt hem net even wat stoerder. Groetjes

[@motodevcam]

Great video! ha ha full throught!! You've also given me a new cracking new word to use at work in the workshop...Asylum will be used forever.

[@AndyManCam]

Glad to hear it!

[@motodevcam]

Andy Man Cam hmmm so just saw how the word throat is spelled!!! Let's blame it totally on predictive text!!!

[@freekvanetten2513]

Very recognizable. Oh I'll do that before the ride, max 5 minutes. Than once bussy I remember Black Hawk Down: "Nothing takes 5 minutes".... Thx for the Gear Indicator upload btw. Bought it last weekend, we'll see how it goes. Expect it will take 5 minutes :-)

[@AndyManCam]

It’s always the way, isn’t it?! Seems the machines like to keep us busy!

[@klouism1]

Oh yes...............it sounds much better. Thanks for the video. Keep having fun.

[@AndyManCam]

It really does, doesn't it! Cheers!

[@CenturionNL]

Same bike, same exhaust :D. Looks like Im seeing a recording of my own install. Same problems getting the old thing off, getting the lambda sensor out of it.

[@AndyManCam]

Deja-Versys!!

[@Ben10twentytwo]

Wow! I found the first 8 minutes as stressful viewing as the first episode of the new season of the walking dead! Your definitely a better man than me, I would of spazzed out and trashed my garage.

[@AndyManCam]

Ha! Sorry for the stress mate! Luckily I've above average levels of patience! Plus the garage was messy enough already!

[@christianweller4288]

With any threaded components that go through large changes in temperate, always worth using a bit of Copaslip on reassembly. Time saver.

[@AndyManCam]

Good shout. Next time! ;D

[@RiderontheStorm1992]

Congratz with a beautifull sounding bike!

[@AndyManCam]

Cheers mate! I'm well chuffed. Can't wait to show you how it sounds in an alpine pass!!

[@Techathy]

Lambda sensor? Time for a decent 750mm 1/2" drive breaker bar & a 6 sided crow's foot. Any penetrating fluid needs to go on about 6-12 hours before the job starts.

[@AndyManCam]

I know, I put it on the night before, but still no joy! Though the threads were in a terrible state, so I think they were more welded together than seized! A breaker bar is on my list for Santa.

[@CookosRider]

Good work man, nice exhaust.

[@AndyManCam]

Cheers mate. About bleeding time!

[@gattigatozza]

Thank you for this video! I just changed exhaust on my Versys 650. Had similar problems with that 22mm lambda. But, after this video i was ready for that :D Had to remove it together with exhaust pipes from engine, it was easier that way for me.

[@87Slabside]

Great edit and exhaust. Loved it on my CBR900RR.

[@AndyManCam]

Cheers mate. It's even better considering how cheap it is!

[@HuskyRides]

22 degrees out and mister decides to go f*ck around with a lambda sensor instead of riding. Heh.

[@AndyManCam]

28 degrees! But it was sadly my only available moment to fit the pipe before heading to Italy to BLARRT it about in the Alps!

[@Fjdy1jd1]

If I ever had any urge to mess with the exhaust of my Versys, it was gone by the time I got done watching Andy's struggle.

[@AndyManCam]

+Fjdy1jd1 Haha! So I've created an anti-motivational video! Oops!

[@TheCrazymook]

I do not own a Verseys let alone a Kawasaki, or intend on getting one but your videos are funny AF so always worth watching :D

[@AndyManCam]

Thanks Mook!

[@TheSpectre223]

I don't know which was longer, the wait to get the pipe, or the time to fit it. Sounds good though, seems worth it

[@AndyManCam]

About the same I think. At least that's how it felt!!

[@mickeypopa]

You do realize that thin latex gloves ripped to shreds actually serve no purpose? lol Top video mate, loved the humor as always. :)

[@AndyManCam]

Ha! It’s the thought that counts!! 😅

[@Dazof]

Hey Andy, nice pipe, I've still got the factory pipe on my BM, hopefully will be joining the club soon, bet your bike runs a bit better now too.

[@AndyManCam]

+Daz of 1972 Certainly seems to be breathing a little better! Though that could just be because it's always singing now!

[@ralfsdad669]

Install almost in the style of the great Ichiban Moto! Good job!

[@AndyManCam]

+Ralf's Dad Ha! I'll take that as high praise! Cheers!

[@dcardenas171]

AMC, take the baffle out sounds much better, and at highway speeds it's not as loud but in the city where it matters is music to the ears nice video.

[@AndyManCam]

Cheer mate. To be completely honest, the baffle in/out is not super different. I've since found out that there are 2 different baffles for this pipe. One is long and restrictive, the other is short and the bare minimum of bafflage. Luckily I have the latter! So even with it in, it's still far from muted!

[@Mil-Keeway]

Thanks for the video, it convinced me to buy a RAC1 for my 2nd gen Versys (2010) too. The install went a lot smoother than yours, partially thanks to your video and partially since the OEM was pretty clean, though the lambda sensor was similarly hard to loosen... It sounds vicious, thumping it under ~3K rpm makes it sound like a KTM LC4 or KLR single, and it backfires a lot when it's cold or engine breaking/coming off high revs. It's definitely way too loud for the city (Vienna), as people turn around everywhere with that "WTF is that" look on their faces haha. I haven't been stopped by the cops yet luckily!

[@AndyManCam]

Yeah i really miss that thump! Have fun with your new pipes mate!

[@KarlTheDingbat]

I think it sounded better with the old exhaust on, and I never tell a lie!

[@AndyManCam]

+Karl the Dingbat Ha! You can have it if you want! ;) I'm definitely preferring the blarrty new voice box!

[@eld2349]

Hey ACM, kinda off topic, but what side cases are you using, and do you have an install video?

[@AndyManCam]

Hi Eulus! I have Hepco & Becker Xplorer Cases. The smaller of the 2 sizes available. Sadly no install video, but I think enough people have asked, that I might actually take them off and do one!

[@mishimposble]

You can really clean up your header pipes using some green scrub pads and WD-40. Mine look better than new now.

[@AndyManCam]

I tend to use Autosol. Magical stuff.

[@smokeybarr]

7:44 "I am 'exhausted' ..." Surely that was too obvious to be unintended :)

[@AndyManCam]

Um... would you think less of me if I said I actually didn't notice?! :D

[@smokeybarr]

Never. But gobsmacked the king of quips missed it!!

[@christianweller4288]

He was probably too "tyred" to notice. :D

[@AndyManCam]

Boom-tish!

[@AndyManCam]

I'm don't know how I missed it. I'm baffled.

[@grantpowers3807]

Sounds great!

[@AndyManCam]

It really does! And obviously it sounds even better in the flesh!

[@lanceflanagan]

my o2 sensor came loose quite easily but I'm getting in a rage trying to work the silencer off the pipe!

[@AndyManCam]

There always has to be some kind of roadblock! Otherwise life would be too easy! Hope you sorted it by now!

[@lanceflanagan]

Andy Man Cam Yup, it's off and a shiney new Black Widow is in its place. I just hope it's not too obnoxious!

[@fibroboy1604]

Gloves????? Oh dear oh dear. Great as always mate.

[@AndyManCam]

Those brave gloves gave their lives for this sound! Though they gave it up pretty easily!!

[@fibroboy1604]

Andy Man Cam I'm more of a swarfega after the fact kinda guy. Even following bike maintenance.

[@Etch_A_Fletch_]

Love the texas sticker!

[@AndyManCam]

Me too!! Courtesy of @RedShoesMoment 👍🏻

[@EinkOLED]

I think I'll keep the standard exhaust on my versus.

[@AndyManCam]

It's not an awful sound. Better than the sewing machine noise that the Fazer made!

[@ridethestorm6690]

Do you by chance remember where you got that seat pad

[@AndyManCam]

I got it from M&P in the UK, about 15 years ago!!

[@boellie2002]

What I don't understand is, how legal are aftermarket exhausts? Will you still pass the TÜV?

[@AndyManCam]

+boellie2002 They're legal if they've been tested for your bike. Also has to have an E mark, though you can't have one without the other! This one comes with a certificate saying it meets legal requirements to be used on my bike. An 'Algemeines Betriebs Erlaubnis' or ABE. Also if the bike originally had a CAT, the aftermarket pipe must have one too.

[@boellie2002]

Andy Man Cam Thank you for the explanation.

[@CaptainK007]

Top tip, tiger grip gloves on eBay lot better than those gynaecological blue shizzles. As you say you never see the struggle in them there tutorial vids.... nice Vid.

[@AndyManCam]

Thanks Steve. I'lll check them out. You can clearly see the struggle in my videos through the medium of disintegrating gloves!!

[@brrraaaapp8502]

that was quite a workout!......"get off my bike!" LOL

[@AndyManCam]

It was knackering! I honestly thought it was going to be an easy and quick job. As ever!

[@brrraaaapp8502]

There is a very good reason why the hammer was invented ! :-) Btw how has the Scottoiler performed? Thinking of installing one on my bike.

[@heinz003]

Hello. How was it running? Did you do something with fueling?

[@AndyManCam]

It was running fine. Seems the ECU took up the slack with the slightly increased Air flow. Though i had a standard Air filter, so not too much difference really. It’s possible that the slight richening at the low end from the boosterplug helped too.

[@kraftybeard4272]

That sounds better! Good to see all your hardwork payed off :) The exhaust looks good tucked away under the bike, but Kawasaki weren't being kind to anyone who has to work on it, turned it into a lovely crud magnet! If you find it does leak just smear a little heat resistant silicone inside the joint, worked wonders on my bike, super cheap and I now have a hand tube full for when ever I need to take it apart. Have you thought about getting stainless headers?

[@AndyManCam]

Cheers! It definitely looks tidier now, if even a little bit empty on the one side! Seems to be such a tight fit that all the puff is going out the back. Would you believe that they ARE stainless headers! But near the join underneath they're just so covered in crap that they look like mild steel. At the block, they're gold and shiny!

[@kraftybeard4272]

Haha wow they are very well disguised! Can't wait to hear her un-corked :D

[@AndyManCam]

+Krafty Beard best disguise in the business. Caked in cack!

[@jonathaneddy]

I have the SP Engineering racing stubby on my 2011 Mk2 and I can't wait to see the ride past on this. I reckon this is a belter. The SP is just too anti-social.

[@AndyManCam]

Bugger, I forgot to do a Ride By! That'll have to come a little later! With the baffle, this is loud, but I don't feel like I'm being antisocial. Perfect balance!

[@foodieontour]

Love your commenting. The best of all motovloggers I think. I could watch you commenting a garden gnome battle about limepie. Keep on doing that on every front!!! I enjoy your videos a lot. (and btw any sexual innuendo is always fitting and what comes to mind naturally... in my humble and probably perverted opinion)

[@AndyManCam]

Wowzers, I'm blushing! :D Thanks most very much! I guess innuendo is just what comes naturally... Ooh er.....

[@zinhar]

wish I watched this 2 weeks ago bc I faced the same problems with my versys

[@AndyManCam]

Haha! Oh dear! I hear that this kind of struggle is character building... or something!

[@400chevlc]

best ever bike video hahaha

[@AndyManCam]

HA! I'll take your word for it, but THANKS!! Tho anything with a warrrpy can is good!

[@subtlegroove9867]

Another AMC gold.

[@AndyManCam]

Cheers SG

[@disekjoumoer]

That's actually what he should call his channel: AMC Gold

[@NagatoPainYahiko]

Great video buddy. Right now in the struggle of it with my ER6n 09. Wish me luck & keep it up. Where are you located in germany? Grüße ;)

[@AndyManCam]

Thanks Turag! Good luck with those super stiff bolts! Enjoy the New soundtrack!

[@NickMrbadgerMartin]

love the tec terminology lol

[@AndyManCam]

+Mrbadger “MrBadger” Martin 60% of the time, Every video is 105% technically accurate.

[@carl6551]

A bit of sweat and a big hammer.. That's how you do it lol..nice job 👍

[@AndyManCam]

+Carl Getley That's the makings of a good night in! 😂

[@RidingTusCanY]

AHAHAHA I enjoyed a lot watching your video and I was laughing as I went through the same path... on my bike I even had to loose the headers otherwise the can couldn't go through as too close to the rear tire (I mounted an Arrow can)... yes it's true on the video tutorials they make it easy, I think they do it twice ;) So they show only the 2nd attempt avoiding all the mess they went through, but your video is much more funny :))))

[@AndyManCam]

Loosen the headers!! What a nightmare! Thanks for sitting through all of the suffering! It's always real with me! :D

[@Mtthwpez]

Loved the transition into the porn soft focus, only to be teased by your right ( then left) glove slowly showing more skin! Great video, as always!

[@AndyManCam]

I forgot to put the Bowchickawowow music on too! Next time...

[@kiwibadger7826]

I got a sweat up just watching you.

[@AndyManCam]

+KiwiBadger Was it the soft focus or the steadily disintegrating gloves that got you hot under the collar? !

[@kiwibadger7826]

all of the above, add in the bolts that didn't want to move

[@Herzankerkreuz67]

I am out of words Andy ........ You really didn't start it up with just the headers.....😭 What an opportunity has passed.......

[@AndyManCam]

+andree hammerschmidt You're so very right! I'm ashamed of myself. 😶

[@naushad911]

Was thinking the same thing...

[@AndyManCam]

andree hammerschmidt i know, i know. next time, i promise!

[@jonathon646]

Sounds to me like you're trying to make a remix out of all the taps on different parts 😂

[@AndyManCam]

That'll be the special edition version!

[@behcetsepetcioglu7639]

Very good.

[@AndyManCam]

Thanks!

[@jeffmitchell9214]

Have you ever heard of "Anti- Seize" lubricant for those spark plugs, and O2 sensors? Or for any steel bolt inserted into any aluminum fitting? Massively needed in the UK. Always wet and everything rots. Ever watch Wheeler Dealers? The rot sets in quickly over there. No offense. We use it here in the US but we don't have the rust problems as soon as you guys do. Love your Vlogs though. You speak clearly which is rare.

[@AndyManCam]

+Julia Marshall Julia, if i could go back in time and tell the original owner of the bike to stock some copper grease here and there, trust me i would! Or maybe I'd use the time machine for the good of man kind? Maybe I'd just go back and get the lottery numbers so i can pay somebody else to deal with my rusty nuts! :D Thanks for watching! I'm glad the others mumble and make me look good!

[@inthenameofjustice8811]

Sounds good enough to bonk. Ooo errrr

[@AndyManCam]

I have to say I agree! Though I won't try it. Being shorter, it gets a fair bit warmer than the old bucket silencer!

[@NickMasseyRideon]

I didnt need a gasket on any of our bikes we did exhausts for

[@AndyManCam]

+Nick Massey I much prefer the idea of gasket free. Far less faff, and easier to remove and refit should it be required.

[@NickMasseyRideon]

thats exactly what happened to us, yoshi collapsed inside, got it fixed and slipped it back on, easy peasy

[@RevvedUpBiker]

Difficult nuts, I would heat them with a blow-torch, as long as it's not a nut holding your petrol tank to the bike.

[@AndyManCam]

Haha! Solid advice! I really should get myself a blowtorch, seeing as how I always seem to get the stiff nuts. oo-er...

[@RevvedUpBiker]

lol It's the cold weather.

[@DeathsStalkerRVT]

Too funny. I've been there many times. If you have some place that sells Indoor/outdoor carpet (looks like astro turf) get yourself a 1M x 2M runner and use it in your garage when you have to work on your bike. It let your stay comfortable while your fighting poor instructions and rusted bolts ;-)

[@AndyManCam]

Good shout! Or I could nick the Missus's yoga mat next time...

[@DeathsStalkerRVT]

"Or I could nick the Missus's yoga mat next time.." were the last words spoken just before he went missing.... lmao

[@northernninjarunner5506]

Was the previous owner Mr I Hulk? #itsajesusnut

[@AndyManCam]

I think so. Either that or he sprayed it with threadlock and then a light glaze of salt water and cement dust!

[@northernninjarunner5506]

You missed the firing the bike up with no exhaust 😈

[@AndyManCam]

Yeah I know. Schoolboy error. I won't make that mistake again, I promise!

[@nickneek80]

hahahahah,"get offffff myyyy bike!!!!" :D

[@AndyManCam]

If in doubt, shout at the inanimate object!!

[@ninjanelly3506]

Copper slip,copper slip,copper slip is what you need to put it back together Andy.Because there will be a time when you need to remove the exhaust again👍🏻When you get a bolt or nut to move,spray it with WD40 and wind it back in again eventually you will get it off.....if.....it doesn't snap!🙄 Nothing snapped so it's a result👍🏻😎

[@AndyManCam]

+ninjanelly350 You're so very right. Though it's typical that when you don't care if it breaks, then it doesn't!!!

[@gmctech]

LoL. Wd40.... Tehehe. May as well of peed on it... would have done more than WD40 could do.... none the less though thanks for your vids! always entertaining and great reference material

[@AndyManCam]

+gmctech You're of course absolutely right. But it was all I had! And I'd already been to the small room before I started the swap! 😉

[@volgnit]

Yeah. Just remove the old one and the new will slide on. Easy. See. No problem.

[@AndyManCam]

Naive. We're always so Naive!

[@oklahomahank2378]

Kroil is better than WD 40 for loosening stuff. WD is basically a water replaced.

[@oklahomahank2378]

Replacer

[@oklahomahank2378]

Argh! Do not use your socket as a breaker. Use a pipe or go buy a breaker bar.

[@AndyManCam]

+Oklahoma Hank Sadly what I used was what I have. Breaker bar is on the list for santa though! Not heard of Kroil before. Will have to check it out. I've heard that a rag soaked in diesel wrapped around the offending article for 12 hours is very effective too.

[@johnnygross4415]

not complete unless you have some bailing wire.

[@AndyManCam]

Cos it sounds like a tractor?

[@NickMasseyRideon]

lol 9:30 so true

[@muffinhandsactual]

Dem forearms

[@AndyManCam]

...cos I eats me spinach...

[@mattwainwright7179]

hahaha great job matey ...always love ur videos ...I just modded my bike exhaust too ...so I know the struggle. ..really deep and throatie now ...just how I like it ...dayumm ...u got me doing it now hahaha Xx I posted it on KZbin .check my lame page but be honoured for a like or comment from my hero!

[@carl6551]

Hahahahaha so it is

[@AndyManCam]

+Carl Getley 😁