The facts.
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When one figure on a specification sheet moves and the rest hold still, the useful thing is to say out loud which is which. Against the standard-size dust element for this airbox, this part number changes precisely one line: the catalogue gives it a hundred per cent more filtering surface. Everything else on the sheet is word for word the same. Set out plainly, that makes for a short and unusually honest description of what an owner is buying.
Key Features
- Special non-woven polyester, dry, with a filtration rating of 14 microns
- A hundred per cent more filtering surface than the standard-size version of the element
- Rated flow of 1,800 l/m²/sec of material against the standard weave's 5,050
- Carries no oil in any condition, before fitting or after washing
- A direct swap for the factory panel in the standard housing, without remapping
- Serviced with an air line for the machine's life; two years of guarantee
What doubles
Two things, and they are the same thing counted twice. The material the air has to cross, and therefore the quantity of dust the element can take on board before its resistance begins to rise. On a machine like this one — used for distance, often loaded, often in traffic behind something throwing grit — that translates into a longer stretch between services rather than into anything a rider would describe as a difference. It is capacity, and capacity shows itself only as the absence of the moment when the old element would have needed dealing with.
What does not
Everything else. The rating stays at fourteen microns, so the element catches exactly what it caught before and misses exactly what it missed. The rated flow per square metre is unchanged because it describes the mat. The fit is identical, the absence of oil is identical, the cleaning routine is identical and the two years of warranty are identical. And nothing here touches output: an air filter inside an unmodified airbox does not make a standard R 1250 RT noticeably stronger, at either surface area. A larger filter is a longer interval and nothing else, which is a small claim, and true.
Care and cleaning
Compressed air from the clean side, worked outwards, is the whole of the ordinary service; the load then leaves the mat by the route it entered rather than being driven through it. If a heavy season has gone in deeper than air will retrieve, hand-warm water with a trace of mild detergent takes over, and the rinsing continues until the water comes off clear. The drying is where patience is compulsory: moving air alone, for as long as it takes, with nothing warm and nothing burning near the element. The K142P14 is refitted dry and unoiled. The servicing sheet is filed in the Downloads tab.
Fitment & Compatibility
For the BMW R 1250 RT of 2019 to 2023, in the series airbox with nothing modified. This element is catalogued for six machines, all road boxers: the R, the RS and the RT of the 1250 generation, and the same three models of the 1200 generation. The Fitment tab lists their years.
DownloadsOwner's manual · brochure▼
FitmentWhich bikes this fits▼
- BMW R 1200 R (2014–2018)
- BMW R 1200 RS (2015–2018)
- BMW R 1200 RT (2014–2018)
- BMW R 1250 R (2019–2023)
- BMW R 1250 RS (2019–2023)
- BMW R 1250 RT (2019–2023)
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