{"product_id":"sprint-filter-p08-f1-85-air-filter-triumph-thruxton-1200-r","title":"Sprint Filter P08 F1-85 Air Filter for Racing – Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (2016–2020) PM217S F1-85","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Thruxton 1200 R went out of production in 2020, and that changes the arithmetic behind a filter more than it looks. An air filter is insurance, and the engine pays the excess. While a model is current, the excess is a warranty claim and a parts counter that has everything on the shelf. A few years after the last one was built, it is a search for pistons, liners and a machinist who will do the work. That is the frame in which the P08 F1-85 should be judged on this bike: a dry polyester racing medium with an 85 µm aperture and a 15,000 l\/m²\/sec rating, one step coarser than the 80 µm standard P08 and roughly three times its airflow figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSprint Filter's racing medium, developed for maximum airflow: 85 µm at 15,000 l\/m²\/sec\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne step coarser than the 80 µm P08 — retention is the currency, and flow is what it buys\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDry polyester that is never oiled, so no oil film travels downstream onto the sensors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt replaces the standard element in the standard airbox, without modification or remap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashable, reusable, intended to last the life of the motorcycle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo years of warranty are counted from the date of purchase\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eInsurance on a component that is getting scarcer\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoarser filtration is not dangerous; it is a shift in the odds. A wider aperture passes particles that a finer one would hold, and mineral dust that reaches a cylinder wall does its work slowly, over tens of thousands of kilometres. Racing lives with those odds because a race engine is not expected to accumulate that mileage. A discontinued road bike, kept and ridden for another decade, is the exact opposite case — it will accumulate exactly that mileage, on an engine that gets harder to rebuild every year the model is out of production.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhen it is still the right call\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a version of this bike for which the F1-85 is entirely correct: a Thruxton R that has become a track machine, run on an hours-based schedule with the top end inspected accordingly. Race preparation makes the trade work, because the wear that a coarse medium permits is caught before it compounds. For a road-registered Thruxton R the standard P08 is the medium to order, and on dusty or unsealed roads the P14 at 14 µm and 1,800 l\/m²\/sec goes further in the protective direction. A finer weave retains more and flows less; neither end of that line is better than the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCare and cleaning\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eDirection matters more than force: compressed air enters the PM217S F1-85 on the clean side and leaves outwards, taking the load out the way it came in. The rest is water with a mild detergent, rinsed until the water runs clear, then a full dry in open air. Heat and flame are never used, and the element is refitted dry — at no stage of its life is it oiled. The maintenance sheet waits in the Downloads tab.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFitment \u0026amp; Compatibility\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade for the Triumph Thruxton 1200 R, 2016–2020. The same element covers five machines built around this airbox — the Speed Twin 900 and Speed Twin 1200, and the Thruxton 1200 in R, RS and TFC form. The full list with model years is in the Fitment tab.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sprint Filter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53529926304010,"sku":"PM217S F1-85","price":258.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/7831\/0410\/files\/PM217S-F1-85_6429eb29-ffaf-42ab-afd8-01d875a3c0cc.png?v=1787057465","url":"https:\/\/inter-pace.com\/en-cl\/products\/sprint-filter-p08-f1-85-air-filter-triumph-thruxton-1200-r","provider":"Inter-Pace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}