£250+ LeoVince
Sito, then LeoVince
The company itself is older than the brand name on the box. It started in 1954 in Turin, building replacement two-stroke and four-stroke silencers under the Sito name. That work is still sold today. LeoVince as its own brand followed later. It launched in 1987. By then LeoVince had already built a leading position in Europe for two-stroke scooter expansion chambers. The four-stroke sportbike range that fills most of this shelf came along in 1999. The current owner, Belgrove Sp. z o.o., took over every LeoVince brand in February 2014. That included the whole R&D department and manufacturing organisation. It restarted production and distribution from there. Design, testing and homologation are all done in-house, at LeoVince's own facility in Monticello d'Alba, Italy. None of it is farmed out.
Their own history page does not put a number on any of it either: it says LeoVince exhausts have equipped many teams of MotoGP, Superbike, Motocross, Enduro and other national and international competitions, without naming which ones. A separate page, on LeoVince's world titles, adds the line about being "alongside the best teams and riders" of championships all over the world, since 1954. No title count is given, no name, no year attached to any of it. That is a thinner claim than a racing pedigree usually gets written up as. It is worth reporting plainly, without reading more into it than LeoVince themselves do.
Which line is which
LeoVince sell under one name but several distinct lines. It's the line, not the marque. That tells you what kind of product a listing is. Stainless steel is what most of what we stock is built from. Titanium and carbon fibre make up a smaller, lighter premium share. Most lines mix slip-on mufflers and full systems under the same name. Treat the table below as the lines with the most on this shelf, not the complete list, and not a guarantee of which type a specific listing is. That is always worth checking on the listing itself.
| Line | What it is |
|---|---|
| LV One EVO | The biggest single line on this shelf, running to both slip-on mufflers and full systems. |
| LV-14 and LV-14 R | Mostly slip-ons. Some two-into-one, three-into-one and four-into-one multi-pipe full systems too, for naked and sports bikes such as Triumph's Street Triple and Suzuki's GSX-8R/S. |
| LV-10 | Overwhelmingly slip-on and standalone mufflers, not full systems. |
| Nero | Full systems and slip-ons in roughly equal numbers, concentrated on adventure, enduro and scooter fitments, not sports bikes. |
| GP One, GP Duals, GP Corsa and GP Corsa EVO | Slip-ons, full systems and standalone mufflers, spanning small-capacity and learner-legal bikes through to bigger naked and sports machines. |
| LV Corsa | Slip-ons, full systems and standalone mufflers for sport and superbike fitments. |
| LV Race | Almost entirely full systems, and the smallest run of the sport-focused lines. |
| LV1 | Not a LeoVince line name. It's shelf shorthand: ten of our titles read "LV1" or "LV 1", and LeoVince's own product pages name those same parts Nero or LV One EVO. Check the manufacturer's product page for the line before you order. |
| Factory | A small run of full systems and mufflers. The smallest line we carry. |
| X3 | Mostly slip-on mufflers for enduro bikes. The one line here that is not road-sport at all. |
Five further lines are stocked in smaller numbers: LV-12 and LV-12R (9 products), LV Pro (8), X-Fight (5), Classic Racer (2) and Hand Made TT (1). Check the listing or LeoVince's own product page for which one you have.
The E-PASS certificate, and what it isn't
For a road-going exhaust, the document that actually matters is what LeoVince call the E-PASS certificate. It's included in the printed user manual that ships with the part. LeoVince say plainly that a separate "homologation card" some listings also mention does not replace it. They are two different pieces of paper, easy to confuse for one another. The approval itself is scoped to a specific vehicle "Type" named on the certificate, not to every bike sold under a given model name. So it is the Type on your documents that has to match, not just the model.
LeoVince mark each product's status themselves, on their own product pages. It's either an "ECE-Approved" badge with a downloadable certificate where a fitment qualifies, or "Not approved" / "Not for road use" where it does not. That "Not for road use" marking turns up on full systems as well as slip-ons, and LeoVince's own wording on those listings goes further than the phrase alone suggests: the product is "designed and intended exclusively for use in closed circuit competitions", not simply unsuitable for the road. That marking, against the exact part number, is what to check before you order. Or ask the parts desk to check it for you. LeoVince's own position is that meeting the required noise limits does not strictly need a DB Killer at all. Where one is fitted on an approved system, they require it to be fixed, not removable. Taking out a welded one, they say, ends both the road approval and the product warranty at the same time.
Two products, one word apart
This shelf also stocks the smaller parts that go with a system. Not parts that replace the whole thing. That's DB Killer inserts on their own, heat shields, footpeg removal kits, exhaust clamps, gaskets, an O2 Extension Wire, and both 4-Stroke Header Pipes and Mid Pipes for a partial rebuild, not a full system swap. Two of those spares are worth reading carefully before you order. They do opposite jobs on overlapping fitments.
| Product | What it does |
|---|---|
| CAT Eliminator (a link pipe) | Takes the catalytic converter out of the exhaust run. |
| Catalytic Converter Manifold | Replaces the catalytic converter, to the original specification. |
The two names are one word apart. The parts do opposite things. Check exactly which one is in the listing before you order. Some CAT Eliminator listings carry no homologation marking at all on LeoVince's own page, not even a "Not approved" line. Their Catalytic Converter Manifold datasheet for the same generation, by contrast, reads "EU-APPROVED". No marking on a listing is not the same as a pass, so it's worth checking for specifically. Ask the parts desk if you are not sure which your bike and your use of it actually needs.
This shelf carries the finished systems and mufflers. The DB Killer inserts, clamps, gaskets and other spares that keep one running are on the exhaust parts and accessories page instead. Whichever LeoVince line is right for your bike, it is for sale at 10% off RRP with free UK delivery available. If what you are still deciding is slip-on against full system, not which brand, that choice is covered on the wider exhausts page.