OEM or Maier 85 250r fender. Can you tell?

**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!

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**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

Originally Posted by atcmatt

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

Nearly 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

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