{"product_id":"sprint-filter-p08-f1-85-air-filter-kove-450-rr","title":"Sprint Filter P08 F1-85 Air Filter for Racing – Kove 450 RR (2023–2026) SM261S F1-85","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn air filter is drawn for an airbox, and an airbox has to satisfy every engine that will ever sit behind it. This one is catalogued for the Kove 450 RR and, from 2025, for a nominally larger machine as well. Whatever headroom the element was given, the 450 RR sits at the gentler end of the range it has to cover — worth knowing before deciding that the racing medium is the missing piece. It is a real racing part with a real purpose, and that purpose is not simply being the best item on the list.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDry polyester racing medium with an 85-micron rating\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial flow of 15,000 l\/m²\/sec, the highest Sprint Filter publishes for motorcycles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApproximately double the filtering area of other performance elements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNever oiled, so a session can follow a clean immediately with nothing to cure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses the original airbox and the original panel position, with no modification\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eServiced with compressed air, reusable, guaranteed for two years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat competition use actually asks of a filter\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn racing the demands on the element are not the ones a road rider imagines. Flow matters because everything ahead of the engine has been examined and opened where the rules permit. Servicing speed matters because the part comes out and goes back in between sessions, sometimes twice in a day. Predictability matters most of all: an element whose condition depends on how well someone applied a treatment is a variable, and variables get eliminated. A dry fabric that is blown through and refitted is one less thing that can quietly change between qualifying and the race. By Sprint Filter's own account this family of media is the one behind their presence in grand prix and superbike paddocks, which is a manufacturer's claim rather than an independent test, and it describes the intended environment plainly enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe part where we talk you out of it\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a standard road-registered 450 RR this element is more filter than the intake can use, and the standard road fabric or the fine dust mat will serve the machine better for what it does. No air filter of any kind, fitted inside an unmodified airbox, makes a standard motorcycle noticeably more powerful — what it offers is a lower intake resistance that stays put between cleanings. If the bike is raced, that changes: the flow headroom stops being theoretical, and the servicing routine starts paying for itself every weekend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCare and cleaning\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween outings, compressed air on the clean face pushed outward is all it needs. After a dirty meeting, wash the SM261S F1-85 in lukewarm water with a mild detergent and rinse it until clear. Drying happens in open air and nowhere near a heat gun or a flame; the element is refitted dry, with no oil. The maintenance sheet is available in the Downloads tab of this page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFitment \u0026amp; Compatibility\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFits the Kove 450 RR of 2023 to 2026 in its standard airbox. The same element covers the ZXMoto 500RR from 2025 to 2026 as well, two machines in all; the Fitment tab lists both with their year ranges.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sprint Filter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53532863004938,"sku":"SM261S F1-85","price":844000.0,"currency_code":"KHR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/7831\/0410\/files\/SM261S-F1-85.png?v=1787208895","url":"https:\/\/inter-pace.com\/en-kh\/products\/sprint-filter-p08-f1-85-air-filter-kove-450-rr","provider":"Inter-Pace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}