Tank Slap - Motorcycle Forum

That's a bit of a strange move. Not many mv owners get rid of the OEM exhaust. I'm guessing we'll see the akra cans on the limited edition bikes MV make all the bloody time.

I agree that MV exhausts are one of the few OEM systems that rarely need changing

But from a production view point it’s a very good move by MV to reduce their R&D/production by dropping the exhaust component and out sourcing it to a well known dedicated exhaust company that will produce specific exhausts for them at no doubt a better bottom line overall.

Maybe it's the other way around.? - Perhaps the ongoing legislation changes are heavily hitting the aftermarket exhaust market, and Akrapovic are looking for a more sustained future existence.??

StMarks wrote:Maybe it's the other way around.? - Perhaps the ongoing legislation changes are heavily hitting the aftermarket exhaust market, and Akrapovic are looking for a more sustained future existence.??

I think this is spot on.

I suspect in 5 years time, fitting aftermarket exhausts to new bikes will be a thing of the past so it makes sense to get the bikes sounding as good as possible from new.

My Street Triple does not need a new exhaust to make it sound better, its already spot on as was the Hypermotard i test rode a few weeks back.

StMarks wrote:Maybe it's the other way around.? - Perhaps the ongoing legislation changes are heavily hitting the aftermarket exhaust market, and Akrapovic are looking for a more sustained future existence.??

Good perspective St Marks, makes plenty of sense.

St Marks wins it. I think that's probably it.

Great thinking, St Marks! Very likely.

Germany and Switzerland are taking a very hard approach to noisy exhausts.

Also just reading that plod in Wales is taking action against noisy exhausts on bikes.

How many bikes does MV build every year?
Approximately??

About 15,000 a year I think.

That's a fair few more than I thought, TBH.
I imagined it was somewhere between 2000-4000.
Why I thought that is beyond me. Perhaps because I hardly ever see them over here.
Just a handful of them over the years.

A few Italian police forces use them

There's loads of Americans on the MV forum.