The facts.
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Short production runs are kind to the people who buy them and unkind to the people who keep them. The Z1000 R was catalogued for four model years, and a special edition built in those numbers is exactly the sort of machine whose model-specific parts quietly disappear from dealer shelves first. The intake is where that hurts least and is fixed most easily. The Sprint Filter P08 PM111S is not a Z1000 R part — it is an airbox part, shared across a whole family of Kawasaki fours — and it is washed and refitted rather than consumed, which makes the question of future supply almost academic.
Key Features
- A platform part rather than a consumable: washable, reusable, serviced with compressed air
- Dry polyester that has never been oiled, so no film reaches the sensors or the throttle bodies further down
- Polyester thread from ø 22 microns, its aperture calibrated by weaving rather than by pressing pulp
- Filtering surface: roughly double, measured against other performance filters
- Fits the standard airbox directly — no modification, no remap, no change to homologation
- The part carries two years of warranty from purchase
A platform part under a limited model
The R edition earned its badge with brakes, suspension and finish, not with a different way of breathing. Its airbox is the family airbox, which is why one part number spans twelve machines here. That is the useful part: demand for this element is not tied to how many Z1000 R were built, so it is supported by the whole platform rather than by one four-year edition. A rider keeping the bike for another decade is drawing from a much deeper well than the model's own production figures would suggest.
Bought once, then serviced
The other half of the answer is that the element does not need replacing at all. A paper filter is at its best on the day it is fitted and marginally worse every day after; it is designed to be thrown away. Woven polyester is designed to be cleaned. Compressed air from the clean side returns it to the restriction it had when new, Sprint Filter build it to last the life of the motorcycle, and the two-year warranty covers the part rather than a service interval. Nobody has to keep a spare on the shelf for a bike that is no longer in production.
Care and cleaning
Compressed air, from the clean side and blown outwards, returns it to where it started. When a season has been especially dirty, wash it in lukewarm water with a mild detergent and rinse until the water runs clear, then dry it fully in air — never with heat, never with a flame — and refit it dry. Nothing is oiled. The Sprint Filter maintenance sheet is in the Downloads tab.
Fitment & Compatibility
Made for the Kawasaki Z1000 R, 2017 to 2020. The same PM111S element serves twelve machines built around this airbox, from the earlier Z1000SX to the current Ninja 1100 SX; the complete list is in the Fitment tab.
DownloadsOwner's manual · brochure▼
FitmentWhich bikes this fits▼
- Bimota KB4 (2021–2026)
- Bimota KB4RC (2022–2026)
- Kawasaki KLZ Versys /S / SE (2012–2019)
- Kawasaki Ninja 1000 SX (2020–2026)
- Kawasaki Z1000 (2010–2013)
- Kawasaki Z1000 (2017–2025)
- Kawasaki Z1000 R (2017–2020)
- Kawasaki Z1000SX (2011–2013)
- Kawasaki Z1000SX (2017–2019)
- Kawasaki Z1000SX ABS (2011–2013)
- Kawasaki Ninja 1100 SX (2025–2026)
- Kawasaki Z1100 (2026)
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