Every component of an Akrapovič exhaust is carefully designed and constructed by a highly skilled multidisciplinary team of industrial designers, engineers, and architects; they meet challenges every day, combining a technical solution with an attractive, modern, and state-of-the-art design and taking it to the next level. This demonstrates that boundaries in the design world can be broken, leading to many impressive and prestigious honours for the ground-breaking exhausts the company has produced − including Red Dot product design awards. Akrapovič has received true recognition of all it has accomplished.

Our signature hexagonal muffler took the world by storm when it was introduced to the motorcycle market in 2005. A new conical muffler represented a new level of evolution; it provides a sharper racing sound and faster acceleration. In recent years, new designs of our exhaust systems and composite parts have been developed with new innovative shapes and effects. More is yet to come – stay tuned!

PROTOTYPING, DEVELOPMENT, & TESTING

The development process starts in a 3D CAD/CAM environment with a 3D scan of the reference car’s underbody. Using CAE simulations combined with measurements, Akrapovič exhaust systems are evaluated and optimized for structural rigidity, fatigue, and thermal loads.

The best prototype configuration is developed and evaluated on a chassis dyno, measuring torque, power, temperatures, and backpressure.

Durability of an exhaust system is very important for Akrapovič, and therefore a new motorcycle durability dyno was introduced in 2018. This fully autonomous system using a driving robot is programmed to run the exact duty cycle and accumulate mileage.

Furthermore, our newly developed products are tested on the most challenging racetracks around the world in partnership with dozens of top-notch racing teams.