{"product_id":"akrapovic-catalytic-converter-set-kawasaki-zzr1400-2012-p-kat-035","title":"Akrapovic Catalytic Converter Set Kawasaki ZZR1400 \/ ZX-14R (2012-2015) – P-KAT-035","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe year on the registration document decides this purchase. Akrapovic makes two converter sets for the ZZR1400 — this one for 2012 to 2015 and P-KAT-054 for 2016 to 2020 — and they are not interchangeable despite the motorcycles looking identical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA set of two converters, one for each exhaust path\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor the 2012 to 2015 ZZR1400 and ZX-14R\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 2016 onwards machine takes P-KAT-054 instead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHoneycomb metal carrier with palladium, rhodium and platinum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn EC approval is recorded against it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy Two Sets Exist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKawasaki updated the ZZR1400's emissions equipment during the production run without changing the bodywork, so two machines that look the same from ten paces need different converters. The model year is the only reliable way to tell them apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrdering by model name alone is how the wrong box arrives. Check the first registration date, and where that is ambiguous, the frame number settles it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTwo Converters, One Number\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1,441 cc inline four splits its exhaust into two paths and each needs its own converter. That is what SET means in the part number, and it is why the price is what it is for what looks like a small component.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFitting one and leaving the other would put half the exhaust gas through nothing at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat Is Inside\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA metal honeycomb coated with palladium, rhodium and platinum. Exhaust gas passing across those surfaces gives up its carbon monoxide and unburned hydrocarbons, which leave as carbon dioxide and water vapour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe precious metals are most of the price, and they cannot be inspected. A converter that has been overheated or contaminated looks exactly like a working one, which is the argument against buying used.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAn Ageing Hyper-Tourer\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 2012 ZZR1400 is now well over a decade old, and converters do not last forever. Thermal cycling cracks the substrate; a period of running rich coats it. Both are realistic on a motorcycle of this age and both show up as a failed emissions test rather than as anything visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat makes this as much a maintenance part as a tuning one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMatched to the Akrapovic System\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAkrapovic describes its converters as performance oriented rather than generic — sized to preserve the flow and the sound its own exhausts are built around. The published figures for the ZZR1400 slip-on assume this converter rather than a universal replacement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Fastest Production Motorcycle of Its Day\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ZZR1400 held that title for years, and the machines from this period are the ones bought new by riders who wanted it and kept by owners who still do. They are maintained rather than traded, which is why parts for a fourteen-year-old model still have a market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA converter is the least glamorous item on that list and one of the few that eventually has to be replaced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eNot an Exhaust\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo converters and nothing else. No silencer, no headers, no link pipe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eRoad Approval\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn EC approval is recorded against this set. It is an emissions component, and its job is to keep the exhaust it sits in compliant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart number: P-KAT-035\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN: 3831113500739\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBikes covered: Kawasaki ZZR1400, ZZR1400 ABS and ZX-14R, 2012 to 2015\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: catalytic converter set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContents: two converters, one per exhaust path\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNote: the 2016 to 2020 machine takes P-KAT-054\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConstruction: honeycomb metal carrier with palladium, rhodium and platinum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Akrapovic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53631114019082,"sku":"P-KAT-035","price":220.17,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/7831\/0410\/files\/01_f001456a-21a2-446d-833d-b2e3717f3df0.png?v=1788603596","url":"https:\/\/inter-pace.com\/en-ch\/products\/akrapovic-catalytic-converter-set-kawasaki-zzr1400-2012-p-kat-035","provider":"Inter-Pace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}