Sprint Filter P08 Air Filter for Road & Track – CFMOTO SS 450 (2023–2026) PM270S

The SS 450 has been in the CFMOTO range since 2023, a year longer than the other machines that share its airbox, which means the earliest ones have already reached the point where the original air element falls due. That first change is where the decision actually gets taken, usually without much deliberation: another paper panel goes in, and the same appointment returns a few services later. It is the one item on the schedule where a different choice ends the sequence instead of restarting it.

Key Features

• Replaces the paper panel in the standard airbox, same outline, nothing modified
• Single-layer dry polyester weave: 80 µm at a rated 5,050 l/m²/sec
• Retention measured at 93.13 % on 100-micron particles; four-layer oiled cotton reaches 76.42 %
• Cleaned with compressed air at each service rather than discarded
• Roughly twice the filtering surface of a normal performance element
• Warranted for two years and specified for the lifetime of the motorcycle

The first change decides the rest

Very little thought goes into a first air-filter replacement. The workshop has a part on the shelf, the line on the invoice is small, and the machine leaves running exactly as it arrived — so the same thing happens at the next interval, and the one after that. The alternative costs more on the day and nothing afterwards. It also changes who decides when the box gets opened: an owner who can clean an element will open the airbox out of curiosity, while an owner who has to buy one first waits for the schedule to say so.

The shape of an interval

A disposable panel does its best work in its first weeks and its worst in its last, and the decline between those points is gradual enough that no rider feels it happen. Nothing on the machine reports it either. A washable element does not remove that curve; it lets you restart it whenever you like, which is the honest version of what this part does. It will not make a standard SS 450 noticeably quicker — a stock engine is fed by an airbox, throttle body and map that CFMOTO signed off as one set — and no filter rewrites that. What it offers is less time spent near the wrong end of the interval.

Care and cleaning

Air first, water only if needed. Point the compressed-air line at the clean face and work across the panel so the deposits exit the way they went in. If the cloth is oily, lukewarm water with a small amount of mild detergent will release it; rinse well afterwards. Everything then depends on drying properly: air alone, no heat source of any kind, and no refitting until the weave is dry through. The maintenance sheet for the PM270S is in the Downloads tab on this page.

Fitment & Compatibility

Cut for the CFMOTO SS 450 built from 2023 to 2026, the longest production span of the four CFMOTO models this element covers. One panel per machine; the full list is in the Fitment tab.