Sprint Filter P14 Air Filter for Dusty Conditions – Honda CMX500 Rebel (2017–2026) PM241P14

Two claims travel with this element, and they are different kinds of claim. Sprint Filter designs the medium to last as long as the motorcycle it goes into; separately, the part carries two years of cover counted from the day it is bought. The first is an engineering intention about wear, the second is a commitment about defects, and anyone weighing the PM241P14 against a decade of cheap paper cartridges deserves to have both read out plainly instead of blurred into one promise. The distinction matters most on the fine media, because that is exactly where riders assume a filter must eventually clog for good — and where the CMX500 Rebel, a motorcycle still in production after nine model years, makes the longest bet of anyone on the answer.

Key Features

• A dry non-woven mat rather than a woven cloth, and it goes in with no oil on it whatsoever
• 14 microns of filtration set against a rated flow of 1,800 litres per square metre per second
• Filtering area close to double what other performance elements carry, folded into the standard airbox
• Sits where the paper element sat; airbox and fuelling stay exactly as the factory left them
• Serviced with compressed air instead of replaced, which is what makes a lifetime element worth calling one
• One part number for the CMX500 Rebel and the smaller CMX300 Rebel across the same model years

Why a fine mat does not turn into scrap

Paper is a one-way material. It is chosen because it is cheap to make and cheap to throw away, and it cannot be brought back: brush it, wet it or blow it and it changes shape rather than shedding its load. A non-woven mat holds dirt between fibres through its thickness, and that dirt has a way back out — pressure from the clean side moves it along the path it arrived by. That is the mechanism behind the lifetime claim, and it is also the condition attached to it. The element lasts because it gets serviced.

Where the standard weave suits the rider better

The same housing takes the P08 under PM241S, rated at 80 microns and 5,050 litres per square metre per second. Choosing between them is a trade rather than a ranking: the coarser weave passes far more air and keeps back less of the fine fraction, the P14 does the reverse.

Care and cleaning

Everything about servicing the PM241P14 is done dry. Compressed air applied to the clean face drives the load back out the way it entered; keep the nozzle moving and do not sit on one spot. Water and a little mild detergent deal with what air will not shift, followed by a thorough rinse. Drying happens in air alone, with no heat source of any kind involved, and the mat goes back in only when it is dry through. The maintenance sheet lives in the Downloads tab.

Fitment & Compatibility

Made for the Honda CMX500 Rebel across model years 2017 to 2026. This element covers two motorcycles in all, the second being the CMX300 Rebel of the same years. The complete list sits in the Fitment tab.