Sprint Filter P14 Air Filter for Dusty Conditions – CFMOTO CL-X 300 (2023–2026) PM227P14

No model name tells you whether a motorcycle needs a fine filter. The roads do. A CFMOTO CL-X 300 that spends its year on swept tarmac in a wet climate and one that crosses a gravel farm track twice a day are the same machine with entirely different air going into them, and it is the second case this element was made for. Dust is local and seasonal — harvest in late summer, dry unsealed lanes, building work along a commute, wind coming off bare fields. The PM227P14 answers that with a dry non-woven medium filtering to 14 microns, against the 80 of the standard weave for this airbox.

Key Features

• 14 micron filtration in a dry non-woven fabric, made for heavily loaded air
• Rated at 1,800 l/m²/sec — the flow conceded in exchange for the finer material
• No oil anywhere in it, so nothing is carried forward into the intake
• Roughly twice the working area of the usual performance element
• A direct replacement in the series CL-X 300 airbox, with no fuelling change
• Washable and reusable, with two years of warranty from the date of purchase

An element is only as good as its box

A fine medium is wasted if air can get round it, so before spending anything on filtration it is worth checking the things no specification sheet mentions: the cover seated evenly all the way along its seal, the clips actually holding it there, the intake ducting sound where it flexes, and no gap where the element beds down. Air takes the easiest route open to it, and an unsealed edge is a far easier route than 14 microns of fabric. Ten minutes with the box open settles the question, and the answer applies to every filter fitted afterwards.

What changes, measured honestly

Two things, and neither is power — a bolt-in element does not make a standard CL-X 300 noticeably stronger, whatever medium is in it. The first is what reaches the engine, which is the whole point of choosing 14 microns over 80. The second is that intake restriction stops drifting upward for good: a disposable panel climbs steadily as it loads and never comes back, while this one is returned to its starting condition with compressed air whenever the box is opened. Lower is useful. Not creeping is more useful.

Care and cleaning

Clean it more often than a coarse element and the job stays trivial: compressed air on the clean side, worked outward across the material. Where a film has formed that air will not lift, lukewarm water and a trace of mild detergent take it off, followed by a thorough rinse. Everything then depends on drying — air only, at room temperature, however long it takes, with no heat source anywhere near it. The PM227P14 goes back into a dry airbox untreated. Its maintenance sheet is in the Downloads tab.

Fitment & Compatibility

Cut for the airbox of the CFMOTO CL-X 300 as built from 2023 to 2026. Three CFMOTO machines take this element in the Sprint Filter listing; check the compatibility list on this page against your own.