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atcmatt
03-01-2016, 05:28 AM
To me these look like oldschool Maier but I'm no expert. I'm hoping they are OEM ones, if so I'll go buy them. Thanks! 228458
thornton
03-01-2016, 07:24 AM
looks like mair, oem have raised lettering behind seat area
atc300r
03-01-2016, 08:27 AM
Do you have any other pics of them. They could be oem 85 250r fenders .
250r'en +TCB
03-01-2016, 09:46 AM
Any pics from the bottom? Easiest way to tell
250rRoostmaster
03-01-2016, 10:35 AM
Look like maier to me..
oldskool83
03-01-2016, 11:35 AM
Maier all day everyday. Run it, ride it. OEM is pointless unless you have a mint set on something your not going to ride.
86125m
03-01-2016, 11:47 AM
looks like a vintage set of Maier fenders to me. the dull red gves them away.
atcmatt
03-01-2016, 03:13 PM
Yeah turns out they are definately old school maier. Still a decent set but only wanted them if they were OEM, as I don't have a 250r at the moment. Thanks for your help.

Matt
BOB MARLIN
03-01-2016, 09:59 PM
Not all the oems have the raised lettering. I have a set that has them and a set that doesn't. The sure fire way to tell is look at the underside. The oems were injection molded so they will have a number witness marks made by the ejector pins in the mold. I've never counted them but there is more than a few, some will be round about 5/16 diameter and some will be elliptical shaped. Kinda uniform spacing from one side to the other. Sometimes the elliptical ones will have some grooves across them.
atcmatt
03-02-2016, 05:35 AM
Thanks for that Bob, will be good to know for future. I wonder why Maier doesn't use the injection mould setup in the manufacture of their fenders.

Matt
DohcBikes
03-02-2016, 08:50 AM
Thanks for that Bob, will be good to know for future. I wonder why Maier doesn't use the injection mould setup in the manufacture of their fenders.

MattNearly anytime you find yourself asking why a manufacturer doesnt make something a certain way the answer is $
BOB MARLIN
03-02-2016, 09:57 AM
An injection mold that size would probably be around $500,000 to build, weigh around 7 or 8 tons and have to be run in a very large molding press costing another half a million dollars. It's a very expensive process designed to produce tens of millions of parts.
atcmatt
03-02-2016, 03:59 PM
Makes sense. Keep costs low so us battlers can afford them I guess. Cheers. Can't beat that OEM look though can you!

Matt