Now BMW’s R18 Bark Matches It’s Bite Akrapovič, Designed Pipes Now Available in Australia for the R 18. The BMW R18 is now getting a sonorous boost from new Akrapovic rear silencers that are 97 mm shorter than the two standard rear silencers. The silencers are made of durable stainless steel, coated in matt black. They also get a silver end cap adjustable in 90-degree steps. The stylised BMW brand symbol – the “propeller” – in the centre of the end cap acts as a fine, high-grade detail and special identification mark. One screwed-in heat protection plate each in the area of the manifold connection of the slip-on rear silencers protects the rider’s footwear in this area. The new Akrapovic rear silencers and the BMW Motorrad Bobber Kit for the R 18 complement each other particularly well.The BMW Motorrad Hommage single seat in bobber style, the flat rear mudguard and the black number plate holder create a particularly short, crisp rear end that is perfectly underlined by the new rear silencers.