A few months ago I bought a slip-on with this stamped on its side: Ducati No. 57413423A / ZDM A-100, taken off the OEM (street homologated) Akra system that was originally on the 2015 Panigale R (I matched it with the Panigale 1199 R parts catalogue).
I believe that the seller kept the OEM pipes on his bike and replaced just the homologated slip-on with the race one.
But when it came the time to try to install this Akra slip-on, my tech found out that it is not compatible with the stock manifold of my (base) 1299. Some hours were already wasted trying to find a way to connect the two, but to no avail. So now I have my rebuilt 1299 with its stock slip-on reinstalled and the Akra slip-on is in a box in my garage.
The only option I believe I have available would be to buy the Akra racing headers/manifold (Ducati part # 96480781A) designed for the 1299 / 1299S (comes with an upmap). But I find a new one too expensive at $2,117 (even if maybe I can get it cheaper). I could not find anywhere on eBay or on this forum a used Akra manifold for sale. But here is my first question. Would the street-homologated Akra slip-on that I have now (Ducati No. 57413423A from a 2015 Panigale 1199 R) be compatible with the racing Akra manifold (Ducati part # 96480781A, for the 1299 and the 1299S)? Any issues matching the two?
The alternative is for me to resell the Akra slip-on, in the hope of getting all or most of the money I spent making this rushed and poorly thoughout buy. And just ride my bike with the stock exhaust (at least for the first year). It seems the Akra system gives a little extra HP boost (which I do not care), a little more mid-range torque (which might be nice, but likely not worth the money) and is a little lighter (2-3 kgs, which also would be nice but likely not worh the money). About the sound, I do not care at all, as the stock exhaust is more than fine to my ears. So what would be your advice for my rebuilt 2015 Panigale 1299 (to be used little for the street and much on the track)?
I believe that the seller kept the OEM pipes on his bike and replaced just the homologated slip-on with the race one.
But when it came the time to try to install this Akra slip-on, my tech found out that it is not compatible with the stock manifold of my (base) 1299. Some hours were already wasted trying to find a way to connect the two, but to no avail. So now I have my rebuilt 1299 with its stock slip-on reinstalled and the Akra slip-on is in a box in my garage.
The only option I believe I have available would be to buy the Akra racing headers/manifold (Ducati part # 96480781A) designed for the 1299 / 1299S (comes with an upmap). But I find a new one too expensive at $2,117 (even if maybe I can get it cheaper). I could not find anywhere on eBay or on this forum a used Akra manifold for sale. But here is my first question. Would the street-homologated Akra slip-on that I have now (Ducati No. 57413423A from a 2015 Panigale 1199 R) be compatible with the racing Akra manifold (Ducati part # 96480781A, for the 1299 and the 1299S)? Any issues matching the two?
The alternative is for me to resell the Akra slip-on, in the hope of getting all or most of the money I spent making this rushed and poorly thoughout buy. And just ride my bike with the stock exhaust (at least for the first year). It seems the Akra system gives a little extra HP boost (which I do not care), a little more mid-range torque (which might be nice, but likely not worth the money) and is a little lighter (2-3 kgs, which also would be nice but likely not worh the money). About the sound, I do not care at all, as the stock exhaust is more than fine to my ears. So what would be your advice for my rebuilt 2015 Panigale 1299 (to be used little for the street and much on the track)?
