{"product_id":"sprint-filter-p08-air-filter-honda-gl1800-gold-wing","title":"Sprint Filter P08 Air Filter for Road \u0026 Track – Honda GL1800 Gold Wing (2018–2026) SM284S","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Gold Wing is not a motorcycle anybody opens casually. Everything on it is finished, panelled and enclosed, and reaching whatever sits underneath is counted in trim clips and patience rather than in minutes. That reorders the economics of the whole service schedule. On a machine like this, what a job costs is dominated by getting to it, not by the price of the part waiting at the end. Which is why an element that can be washed and put straight back is worth more here than on any bare naked bike: it turns the afternoon the panels are already off into a job completed rather than a job discovered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWoven polyester in one dry layer — Sprint Filter does not oil this material at any point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e80 µm filtration with 5,050 l\/m²\/sec of flow, the specification drawn for road and track duty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFibre from ø 22 microns upward, the passage defined by the weave itself rather than by pressed fibre\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClose to twice the filtering area of a conventional performance element\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA direct exchange for the factory panel: housing, ducting and fuelling stay as Honda arranged them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRestored with compressed air rather than bought again, and warranted for two years from purchase\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLabour is the expensive half\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe consequence is practical rather than philosophical. A consumable panel has to be in the house before the bodywork comes off, which means a decision to look has to be made a week in advance and paid for whether or not the element turns out to need anything. A washable one removes that step entirely. Nothing has to be ordered, nothing waits on a parts counter, and the inspection stops being a small commitment and becomes something that simply happens while everything is already apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat the element is and is not doing\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eNone of that is a performance argument, and it should not be dressed as one. A drop-in filter does not make a standard Gold Wing noticeably stronger; the flat six was never being held back by its air element. The honest claim is narrower and more useful on a machine covering serious distance: an intake restriction that begins low and stays close to where it began across a whole interval, instead of climbing quietly between one replacement panel and the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCare and cleaning\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of the time compressed air is all that is needed, played across the clean face so the load travels back out the way it arrived. Where a long touring season has left more than air will shift, the SM284S can be washed in lukewarm water with a mild detergent and rinsed until clear. Let it dry in open air at its own pace — heat guns, radiators and flames all ruin polyester — and refit it dry, with nothing applied to it. Sprint Filter's maintenance sheet is in the Downloads tab.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFitment \u0026amp; Compatibility\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eCut for the airbox of the Honda GL1800 Gold Wing built from 2018 to 2026. The catalogue lists one machine against this element; the Fitment tab shows it as recorded.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sprint Filter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53533009936650,"sku":"SM284S","price":50900.0,"currency_code":"XAF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/7831\/0410\/files\/SM284S_4bb66f39-d3ae-4514-b22d-146f2d60d5dd.png?v=1787206920","url":"https:\/\/inter-pace.com\/en-cm\/products\/sprint-filter-p08-air-filter-honda-gl1800-gold-wing","provider":"Inter-Pace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}