At any one time , THORCAT has hundreds of its catalytic convertor options in inventory .
THORCAT produce its own baffle cores using Sanderson Machine Tools ' exhaust core technology . Rather than making them perforated flat sheet , Malcolm Sanderson revolutionized the production and cutting of round cores , producing a better product faster and cheaper than anything else on the market at that time . which a manufacturer can liquidate the investment is actually quite small . It will grow as the bikes concerned age and additional model years join the fleet , but contrary to what one might assume , exhausts meeting new levels of regulations are not necessary an easy retrofit . A Euro 4 exhaust will not easily produce a wonderful user experience on a Euro 3 bike , and Euro 5 exhausts will not sit as happily on a Euro 4 compliant model as one might hope . But there is a third way - to give THORCAT of Germany a call ! A family owned and operated business born out of Fanatics Motorcycle e . k ., ( FMC ), a motorcycle garage and workshop business , THORCAT ' s speciality is to take motorcycle exhausts ( typically from outside Europe and especially American brands ) and make them compliant for the appropriate level of compliance in Europe . It is currently grappling with the specific challenges presented by Euro 5 , and no doubt will have a solution at some stage in the next couple of years ,
but for now its technology is primarily for helping American made exhausts that do not meet global standards of compliance as exhausts that can be sold and used legally on Euro 4 ( or earlier ) compliant models . Global compliance , single model , all market compliance is the way that the motorcycle manufacturers are going ( Harley is increasingly in that place ), and in aftermarket terms , global compliance is the direction of travel preferred by S & S Cycle . The THORCAT technology may sound simple but , meeting the most stringent of domestic German regulatory standards , the requirements set by the German EG KBA ( Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt approval ) is anything but simple . However , THORCAT manage to do it , and it can achieve retrofit backward compatibility , at least in terms of compliance - after which it is a question of tuning . It says it can ' legalize ' exhaust systems from leading American brands with its patented cartridge system and use the ACTIA power bench - manufactured in the Czech Republic , it was the first approved bench in Europe - with its gas analyzer and
frequency spectral analyzer . THORCAT Chief Technical Officer Uwe Pfaff told AMD : " We can legalize exhaust systems from Vance & Hines , Cobra , Freedom Performance , and soon TBR , with our patented cartridge system . This gives them Euro 1-4 compliance and , when our R & D is complete , Euro 5 will additionally be available ." But it isn ' t just ' any old compliance ' says Uwe , " it is German KBA approval - the KBA is the leading authority in Europe . " Over the years we have become one of the smallest big exhaust manufacturers in Europe because we are the only manufacturer in Europe that can do this . We deliver many thousands of systems to customers in Europe and , among other prominent projects , we work very closely with Freedom Performance and Zodiac International . " Our complete exhaust systems with THORCAT technology impress all who experience them with their quality , their individual design and socially acceptable sound - far away from the usual uniform look and the enormous volume of the thick ' flapsystem ' [ adjustable valve based ] systems .
THORCAT ' s own Vance & Hines Short Shot 2-into-2 based ' Anarchy ' system seen here on the Sportster .
The THORCAT ' Mad Max ' seen here on an M-8 Sport Glide .
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