The facts.
DescriptionThe whole story▼
Suzuki sold this motorcycle as the Gladius for seven model years, then retired the name and went back to calling it an SV650. The styling changed, the badge changed, the advertising changed. The airbox did not — the SFV650 Gladius of 2009 to 2015 and the SV 650 built from 2016 take the same Sprint Filter element. For an owner ordering parts, that is the most useful thing on this page.
Key Features
- Dry polyester weave in a single layer: 80 microns, 5,050 l/m²/sec
- No oil at any stage, so nothing can be over-applied or left to migrate
- Fits the series airbox as it stands — the standard housing, unmodified
- 93.13 % of 100-micron particles retained, where four-layer oiled cotton manages 76.42 %
- Regenerated with compressed air instead of being bought again each service
- Intended to outlast the service schedule, with two years' warranty from purchase
What actually identifies the part
Model names are marketing decisions and airboxes are engineering ones, and the two change on completely different schedules. That matters more than usual here, because searches for a retired name thin out over the years while the housing underneath stays exactly where it was. The SKU is the reliable handle: PM117S and your model year will find the right element long after the word Gladius has stopped being a useful search term.
Not the oldest thing in the airbox
On a machine built between 2009 and 2015, a filter fitted today is newer than everything around it, and a clean element makes the rest easier to read. An oily film on the clean side is the crankcase breather talking, not the filter. Dust concentrated at one edge says something about how the box is sealing. None of that is visible on a paper element that goes straight into the bin, and none of it changes the honest part: no drop-in filter makes a standard Gladius noticeably quicker. The gain is a lower intake restriction that stays lower between services.
Care and cleaning
Compressed air from the clean side, directed outwards, is the whole routine for the PM117S. Water and a mild detergent are for the occasions when the element is oily rather than dusty; rinse it and let it dry in open air. Heat, hot-air guns and flame are all off limits, and the element goes back in dry. The maintenance sheet sits in the Downloads tab of this page.
Fitment & Compatibility
The P08 element for the Suzuki SFV650 Gladius, model years 2009 to 2015. Sprint Filter lists two machines against this part number: the Gladius and the SV 650 from 2016 onwards. Check the SKU against your own airbox rather than going by the model name.
DownloadsOwner's manual · brochure▼
FitmentWhich bikes this fits▼
- Suzuki SV 650 (2016–2026)
- Suzuki SFV650 Gladius (2009–2015)
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