{"product_id":"sprint-filter-p14-air-filter-kawasaki-z900","title":"Sprint Filter P14 Air Filter for Dusty Conditions – Kawasaki Z900 (2017–2026) PM165P14","description":"\u003cp\u003eFlow reserve is easy to argue about and hard to spend. On the Z900 the argument is at least a real one: this is a big four with a genuine top end, and a medium that filters to 14 microns passes 1,800 l\/m²\/sec where the standard P08 passes 5,050. The question worth asking first is not whether the reserve exists, but how many hours a year this particular Z900 spends drawing on it — wide throttle, upper half of the rev range, nothing in front. On most road-ridden Z900s the honest answer is a couple of hours across a whole season, while dust arrives on every single ride. The Sprint Filter PM165P14 is for the bikes where that arithmetic comes out clearly on the side of retention. Where it does not, the P08 is the better buy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDry non-woven medium — no filter oil to apply, to migrate or to wash out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRated at 14 microns of filtration and 1,800 l\/m²\/sec of air flow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashed and refitted rather than replaced: every clean returns it to its starting condition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout twice the filtering surface of other performance filters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTakes the place of the standard Z900 element in the original airbox — no modification, no remap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo years of warranty, on a part built to last the life of the bike\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat the reserve is worth at wide throttle\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA flow figure describes the medium, not the motorcycle. Restriction only becomes the limiting term when the engine is asking for everything it can get, which on a 900 four means third gear, wide open, past the middle of the rev range. It is a ceiling near the top rather than a tax on every kilometre, and nothing about the way the bike pulls away from a junction changes. But it is a real ceiling, and on this engine it is genuinely reachable. If the Z900 sees track days, or if the top third of the rev range is the reason it was bought, the P08 holds the better balance at 80 microns and 5,050 l\/m²\/sec. Finer holds more and flows less: two directions of one trade, not a good-better-best ladder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCounting your own hours\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eRiders overestimate their time at full throttle, so the sum is worth doing properly. Add up the seconds actually spent near the stop in the upper half of the rev range over a week of riding, and the total stays small. Dust exposure is the easier half to judge, because it can be seen: unsealed lanes, roadworks, long dry spells, a bike that lives outdoors. Where those two estimates land is what chooses the medium, and they land differently for two Z900s with the same airbox and the same year on the papers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCare and cleaning\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompressed air from the clean side outwards handles most of it. For a full clean, lukewarm water with a mild detergent, rinsed until the water runs clear, then dried completely in air — never with heat, never over a flame — and refitted dry. The maintenance sheet for the PM165P14 is in the Downloads tab.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFitment \u0026amp; Compatibility\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade for the Kawasaki Z900 from 2017 to 2026. The same PM165P14 element covers two machines built around this airbox, the Z900RS among them; the full list is in the Fitment tab.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sprint Filter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53531172700426,"sku":"PM165P14","price":6400.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/7831\/0410\/files\/PM165P14.png?v=1787214932","url":"https:\/\/inter-pace.com\/en-in\/products\/sprint-filter-p14-air-filter-kawasaki-z900","provider":"Inter-Pace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}