# Akrapovič  Full Moon Concept

- Link: https://custommotorcycles.info/akrapovic-full-moon-concept/
- Published: 2015-06-15T10:00:24-04:00
- Author: Shiheem White

Akrapovič has officially unveiled its brand-new Full Moon concept motorcycle at 
the 2014 Bad Salzuflen Custombike Show in Germany in front of a captivated audience
of show visitors, journalists, photographers, and selected guests.

This stunning new concept has been developed with the assistance of Slovenian Dreamachine
Motorcycles—the same partnership that produced the legendary [Morsus](http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/Custom%20Bikes/akrapovic_morsus.htm)
in 2011. Like its predecessor, the Full Moon is an extravagant, technically exceptional,
promotional bike from Akrapovič.

Designed to be a continuation of the Morsus story, the Full Moon has a personality
and characteristics completely different from its predecessor and has been designed
to excite anyone that might not have been impressed by Akrapovič’s first prototype
machine—if that were at all possible!

This concept machine was developed to avoid being categorized, and as such is a 
bike that belongs nowhere and everywhere, making it a unique motorcycle. The name
comes from the huge aluminum and carbon thirty-inch front wheel, which is completely
visible, giving the impression of a full moon and making a huge statement of what
this bike is about. Over eight hundred hours went into creating this superbly finished
machine, which features an S&S Knucklehead 1,524 cc engine and two modified custom-
made Akrapovič exhausts. The frame and bodywork are made entirely of sheet metal
and form an extension to the exhausts. The bodywork is thus part of the Akrapovič
exhaust system—an integral part, in fact—and the bike itself is essentially an exhaust.

The thirty-inch composite wheel is not found on other custom bikes, and another 
innovation is a composite braking disc, also unseen in this size on motorcycles 
until now. The steering is completely automated, which allows a minimalist steering
rod without any visible cables that would otherwise be required for the bike to 
function. The Full Moon can also stand upright when parked, courtesy of its hydraulic
suspension. This is an extremely technically advanced motorcycle, full of unique
elements that were carefully chosen to make the bike totally exclusive, and the 
shape hides completely new solutions used on a custom bike for the first time. The
Full Moon is like no other bike out there now, and Akrapovič is very proud of it.

Source [Akrapovič](http://www.akrapovic.com/#!/news/26518/world-premiere-for-the-new-akrapovic-full-moon-concept)

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