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Maier hoods
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Posted by: dodgeram

Has anyone used one of these hoods, I am looking at the carboon fiber scoop type hood. It's just for looks mainly. Also how hard is it to swap the lights and stock hood out. Can you swap back and fourth for night riding?

Posted by: jeepnrocks

yep its easy to take the lights on and off and I think the maier hood is one of the nicer looking hoods out there.
just my .02

Posted by: Yurik Norton

quote:
Originally posted by dodgeram
Has anyone used one of these hoods, I am looking at the carboon fiber scoop type hood. It's just for looks mainly. Also how hard is it to swap the lights and stock hood out. Can you swap back and fourth for night riding?

i have 1, its easy to swap, very easy, only bad part is drilling into the plastic for the screws, thats about it, the mounting hardware is kinda crappy but hey they are cheap

Posted by: chris450R

yeah man the maier's hoods are great. i had to get one because someone ran into me and busted my headlights and stock hood. but you definitely can't beat maier's prices on their hoods for the quality. uninstallation of the headlight's is very easy and installation of the hood is also very easy.

here is one of mine

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid162/p87a99adad13d236d99f05a82a4f135ed/f4b678b5.jpg

Posted by: Yurik Norton

quote:
Originally posted by chris450R
yeah man the maier's hoods are great. i had to get one because someone ran into me and busted my headlights and stock hood. but you definitely can't beat maier's prices on their hoods for the quality. uninstallation of the headlight's is very easy and installation of the hood is also very easy.

here is one of mine

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid162/p87a99adad13d236d99f05a82a4f135ed/f4b678b5.jpg

lol thats exactly y i bought a hood...didnt want my lights getting smashed racing...already had my tail light get took out...thats a $71 tail light...i can jus imagine how much those headligths are

Posted by: redrider05

heres some pics of my carbon maier scoop

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/pda325ad55501900a40947eea6cfe657a/f5a014f4.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/p1d36fa1154e0ec5a60890d0346770e89/f5a014cf.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid153/p408e75cba6f8270398ee250917f30d7b/f5a0146d.jpg

Posted by: chris450R

heck yeah i was pissed off when i heard my headlights shatter. i guess it may have been partly my fault, but the guy had plenty of time to see me, slow down, and go around. instead he ran straight into me. what happened was it was a mx race and i got second out of the holeshot. rounded the first turn and then the second going into the whoops. i had been hammering them all night and doing fine through them. i believe i may have been one of the faster ones through the whoops. anyway, i was 2/3 of the way through and my front end skipped real bad across top and one and it knocked my right hand off. well as you can imagine my rear kicked and got my weight over the bars and then the front dove into a whoop and caught my bumper(by the way the blingstar bumper is strong as hell!) and pretty much stopped me and just rolled over forward. i was getting up and about to flip my R back over and BAM, that guy just smashed into me. didn't do **** to his. but afterward i watched the video and he had plenty of time to miss me and see me, but he wasn't looking ahead. he was looking straight down.

Posted by: robman

Just get a sheet of carbon fiber looking number backing and cut it out to fit the hood.Looks even better on the flat maier hood than a 160$ quadtech.

Posted by: Martin Blair

mines black, its cheap, but the mounting hardwaer needs some work, the front is ok but on the rear i ened up just using a washer and nut not wellnuts.

Posted by: Martin Blair

heres a pic

Posted by: ny300exrider

maier flat hood

Posted by: robman

That looks way better than a quadtech hood,nicer lines to it.

Posted by: Yurik Norton

quote:
Originally posted by HN400exracer
heres a pic

dont look too bad

jus wait till u see mine in person

Posted by: dn1911

here is my custom Maeir.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/dn1911/-2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/dn1911/R013-2.jpg

Posted by: Out_Sider

mmm that maier smoothy looks wicked, how much are the smoothies?

Posted by: CdaleXtreme

IMO the maier hoods are Ugly, They just dont match the 450Rs Curvy styiling.

Posted by: jlhughes750

almost seems like the flat piece should be straigh on the frt. instead of pointed???

Posted by: CdaleXtreme

Yeah the point is my biggest beef with the maier hood. and the vent holes look like they were cut out with a Saws-all

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But I do think the Mesh on that black hood looks good!

Posted by: 86atc250r

I think they look pretty decent when installed and have a numberplate on them.

http://home.earthlink.net/~gellett/images/450-gabewebsite.jpg

Posted by: bigfoot300ex

quote:
Originally posted by HN400exracer
heres a pic

which style hood is that
i dont think i have seen that one before

Posted by: genxracer

I think ours blends with the Honda fenders a little better,and its real Carbon fiberhttp://genxatv.com/graphics/cfmo2.jpg

Posted by: 911

OK BUT AT WHAT PRICE?

Posted by: ny300exrider

maier smooty

Posted by: dn1911

quote:
Originally posted by genxracer
I think ours blends with the Honda fenders a little better,and its real Carbon fiberhttp://genxatv.com/graphics/cfmo2.jpg

except it is pointed like a Yamaha.

Posted by: TRX450R_Racer

White Maier hood
http://www.members.aol.com/hondatrx450racer/450r21.jpg