Disclaimer: I am a lover of Oberon products. Their quality is second to none and they are for the most part a very good value for the price. I own their 28mm clutch slave (love) fuel cap (love) bi-directional turn signals (like). I plan on purchasing an authentic streetfighter mirror in the near future. These counterfeits were freakin $14! on Amazon PRIME! I had to bite.
First and only time I ever purchased authentic name brand mirrors I got burned, bad. Paid an outrageous $100 (that was a discounted price) each for Driven D-Axis mirrors. Complete and total junk for that kind of loot. They're even made in China, and were worse quality than...anyway I need to stop ranting and proceed with the review. I have always loved experimenting with these CN copycats and am quite often very pleased...
$14 and 2 days later I received this:
A nice, thick padded envelope. Inside was this:
A nice, sturdy box which contained this:
A pair of mirrors with 2 different sized expansion collets to fit both narrow I.D aluminum 22mm bars or wider steel bars.
Closer examination revealed the fact that the material is indeed billet 6000 series alloy, the machining tolerances are surprisingly tight, and the machine marks are suggest high quality tooling was used to produce these parts.
Both the large and small set screws are stainless, not plated as many China mirrors come equipped.
The mirror glass is excellent however the one flaw China mirrors always has are rough edges, which drastically effect the perception of quality and the "classiness". These are no exception. Ni Hao HuaHua, I'd gladly pay the extra dollar or 2 in Chinese labor for more attention spent here! The collets are pretty unimpressive as well, I always scrap these and use rubber expansion collets + serrated washers anyway. I'm interested in seeing how the genuine Oberon brass collets compare.
Getting them situated and dialed in on the bike was tedious, but I can't see how that has anything to do with them being cheap, just the nature of this type of mirror. Possibilities are endless but no on the fly adjustments are possible. They seem extremely sturdy and on a couple short rides stayed put and didn't budge. I really dig on the beefy bar-end part of them as well.
I'll update this review after I've spent more time with them, and compare them closely to the genuine Oberon part. My thoughts as of now are that they look and function great on my bike, and visibility is as good if not better than any other bar end mirror I've tried...which is to say...it is what it is, form over function. But having 2 def helps keep on eye on your backside.
At this point I feel very comfortable recommending them. A few little flaws in craftsmanship but overall a quality product worth way more than $14.
First and only time I ever purchased authentic name brand mirrors I got burned, bad. Paid an outrageous $100 (that was a discounted price) each for Driven D-Axis mirrors. Complete and total junk for that kind of loot. They're even made in China, and were worse quality than...anyway I need to stop ranting and proceed with the review. I have always loved experimenting with these CN copycats and am quite often very pleased...
$14 and 2 days later I received this:
A nice, thick padded envelope. Inside was this:
A nice, sturdy box which contained this:
A pair of mirrors with 2 different sized expansion collets to fit both narrow I.D aluminum 22mm bars or wider steel bars.
Closer examination revealed the fact that the material is indeed billet 6000 series alloy, the machining tolerances are surprisingly tight, and the machine marks are suggest high quality tooling was used to produce these parts.
Both the large and small set screws are stainless, not plated as many China mirrors come equipped.
The mirror glass is excellent however the one flaw China mirrors always has are rough edges, which drastically effect the perception of quality and the "classiness". These are no exception. Ni Hao HuaHua, I'd gladly pay the extra dollar or 2 in Chinese labor for more attention spent here! The collets are pretty unimpressive as well, I always scrap these and use rubber expansion collets + serrated washers anyway. I'm interested in seeing how the genuine Oberon brass collets compare.
Getting them situated and dialed in on the bike was tedious, but I can't see how that has anything to do with them being cheap, just the nature of this type of mirror. Possibilities are endless but no on the fly adjustments are possible. They seem extremely sturdy and on a couple short rides stayed put and didn't budge. I really dig on the beefy bar-end part of them as well.
I'll update this review after I've spent more time with them, and compare them closely to the genuine Oberon part. My thoughts as of now are that they look and function great on my bike, and visibility is as good if not better than any other bar end mirror I've tried...which is to say...it is what it is, form over function. But having 2 def helps keep on eye on your backside.
At this point I feel very comfortable recommending them. A few little flaws in craftsmanship but overall a quality product worth way more than $14.