Sprint Filter P14 Air Filter for Dusty Conditions – Yamaha MT 125 (2021–2026) PM198P14

A first motorcycle is usually the worst-maintained motorcycle its owner will ever have, and not out of carelessness. Nobody has a habit yet, the service book is somebody else's document, and the parts of the bike that cannot be seen are the parts nobody thinks to look at. An air filter is the clearest example: it sits in a sealed box, it gives no warning, and by the time it is obviously loaded it has been quietly loaded for a long while. The Sprint Filter P14 PM198P14 changes the economics of looking, because it is a dry non-woven element that is cleaned rather than bought — filtering to 14 microns where the standard P08 works at 80.

Key Features

• A non-woven medium used dry, with no oil in it to reach the throttle body or the sensors
• Particles held down to 14 microns, at an air flow of 1,800 l/m²/sec
• Roughly twice the filtering surface other performance filters bring
• Takes the original element's place in the standard airbox — nothing modified, no remap, homologation untouched
• Washable and reusable; the whole service is compressed air from the clean side
• Two years of warranty, on an element designed to last the life of the motorcycle

Why a washable element builds the habit

With a paper element, every inspection ends in a decision about money: it looks used, but is it used enough to justify a new one? The usual answer is to leave it, and the usual result is that it gets left until a service does it. A washable element removes that decision entirely. The element comes out, gets blown through with compressed air and goes back in, and nothing has been spent. That is a habit a new owner can actually keep, and it is worth more on a first bike than any specification on the box.

What it does not do, plainly

It does not add power. A 125 is built to a legal power ceiling by mapping and by design, not by its air filter, and the P14 in particular trades air for fineness — 1,800 l/m²/sec against the standard P08's 5,050. Nothing about fitting it will be felt through the bars. What it offers is a finer barrier in front of an engine at the start of a long life, and an intake restriction that stays where it started instead of climbing steadily between services.

Care and cleaning

The PM198P14 is serviced with compressed air, aimed at the clean side and worked outwards, then refitted dry. A hard season may earn it a wash: lukewarm water, a mild detergent, and rinsing until the water runs clear, followed by full drying in air — never with heat, never near a flame. Oil plays no part in its life at any point, which is one fewer thing to learn. The Sprint Filter maintenance sheet is in the Downloads tab.

Fitment & Compatibility

Made for the Yamaha MT 125 from 2021 to 2026. The same PM198P14 element covers six machines across Yamaha's 125 and 155 range, which is why it stays easy to find long after any single model has left a showroom. The complete list is in the Fitment tab.