The facts.
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The honest answer here begins with a question. The Sprint Filter T12 is the finest medium in the range: a dry polyester special non-woven filtering to 7 microns at a rated 560 l/m²/sec. The standard P08 weave filters to 80 microns and is rated at 5,050. Those are not two places in a ranking but the two ends of one trade — finer holds back more and passes less — and the 2012 to 2017 Tiger Explorer is a large three-cylinder tourer with an appetite for air. Choosing this element means giving away flow on purpose. Sound, if the air you ride through is genuinely bad. Wrong, if your Explorer lives on tarmac.
Key Features
- The finest medium Sprint Filter builds: dry polyester special non-woven, 7 microns
- Specified for extreme conditions, off-road use and desert dust, at a rated 560 l/m²/sec
- No oil in it, so nothing migrates downstream onto the air sensor or the throttle bodies
- Standard airbox, direct replacement: nothing modified, nothing remapped, homologation intact
- Regenerated with compressed air, washable, reusable, made to last the life of the motorcycle
- The warranty period is two years from the date of purchase
Who this element is not for
Most Explorers of this generation are ridden as the shaft drive and the touring screen suggest: long tarmac stages, motorway transits, gravel only in the car park at the end of the day. On that duty cycle a 7-micron non-woven gives up flow headroom it is never asked to justify, and it loads sooner because it catches more. For that rider the P08 at 80 microns and 5,050 l/m²/sec is the better part, with the P14 at 14 microns and 1,800 in between.
Where the trade turns round
The case for the fine medium is narrow but real. On dry pistes and gravel roads the air carries an abrasive mineral fraction that stays suspended long after the cloud looks settled, and that is what a coarse weave lets past. There is a second point in its favour on a machine like this one: a loaded tourer at cruising speed draws far less than the engine can take, so the flow ceiling matters least where these bikes spend most of their hours, while retention matters in all of them. No drop-in element makes a standard triple noticeably stronger. What the PM202T12 offers is a defined level of filtration and a restriction that washing returns to its starting value, instead of one that only climbs until the next service.
Care and cleaning
After a dusty stretch the service is compressed air, put through from the clean side and worked outwards. When that is not enough, wash the element in lukewarm water with a mild detergent and rinse until the water runs clear. It dries fully in open air — never with heat, never with a flame — and goes back dry. Nothing is oiled at any point. The maintenance sheet is under Downloads.
Fitment & Compatibility
Made for the Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200 built from 2012 to 2017. The same element covers six Tiger Explorer listings in total, from the early 1215 machines to the last of the 1200s — the displacement is written both ways for the same big triple. The full list is in the Fitment tab.
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FitmentWhich bikes this fits▼
- Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200 (2012–2017)
- Triumph Tiger Explorer XCx/ XCa / XR / XRt (2018–2022)
- Triumph Tiger Explorer Alpine Edition / Desert Edition (2020–2022)
- Triumph Tiger Explorer 1215 (2011–2014)
- Triumph Tiger Explorer XC/ XC SE (2011–2016)
- Triumph Tiger Explorer XCx/ XCa / XR (2016–2017)
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