Sprint Filter P08 Air Filter for Road & Track – Triumph Tiger Explorer Alpine Edition / Desert Edition (2020–2022) PM202S

Triumph closed out this generation with two editions named after opposite worlds: the Alpine Edition and the Desert Edition, cold wet mountain passes on one side and hot fine dust on the other. Underneath the paint they are the same motorcycle with the same airbox, and the Sprint Filter PM202S drops into either one without a single change to the intake. The two names are still worth taking seriously, because the filter medium is the one part of the intake tract that genuinely ought to be chosen by environment rather than by model — and Sprint Filter catalogues more than one medium for this fitment.

Key Features

• A single woven layer, polyester threads from ø 22 microns, aperture calibrated to 80 µm
• Airflow rated 5,050 l/m²/sec — the standard medium where road and track use is meant
• Dry, never oiled, with no film to migrate onto the air sensor or the throttle bodies
• The standard airbox holds roughly double the filtering surface of other performance filters
• Nothing here a later owner has to undo: direct replacement, no modification, no remap
• Reusable, washable, two years of warranty from the date of purchase

What the two edition names say about filter media

The P08 here is the standard choice: dry woven polyester at 80 µm, rated 5,050 l/m²/sec, catalogued for road and track. Sprint Filter also lists a T12 for the same machine — a dry polyester non-woven at 7 µm, rated 560 l/m²/sec, made for extreme and off-road conditions — and the range in between holds the water-repellent P037 at 37 µm and the P14 at 14 µm. Read that as a line, not a ranking. A finer structure retains more and flows less. For an Alpine Edition living on sealed passes and the occasional gravel car park, the P08 is the medium the bike was listed with. For a Desert Edition genuinely working in airborne dust, the finer options are worth the flow they cost.

What a special edition actually is

Both editions are packages of paint, badging, finishes and equipment. Everything that does need attention — airbox included — belongs to the platform underneath. It also means the PM202S leaves nothing behind: it sits in the standard box, changes no mapping and adds no visible modification. And to be honest about the rest, a drop-in element does not make a standard 1200 triple noticeably faster. It keeps intake restriction low and, more usefully, keeps it there across the whole interval instead of letting it climb.

Care and cleaning

The routine is compressed air on the clean side, worked outwards through the element. A dusty or wet season asks for more: a wash in lukewarm water with a mild detergent, rinsed until the water runs clear, then a full dry in open air, never with heat and never with a flame, before it is refitted dry. Oil has no part in any of it. The Downloads tab carries the maintenance sheet.

Fitment & Compatibility

Made for the Triumph Tiger Explorer Alpine Edition and Desert Edition of 2020 to 2022. The same PM202S covers six Tiger Explorer listings altogether, back to the 1215 machines of 2011. Model years are listed in the Fitment tab.