What you saw were 99% likely modern reproductions. Rossi also made fender guards in cast aluminum.
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The headlight housing were prepopped in plastic, the fender guards in stamped metal.
I was at a car show once when a VW owner was bragging up his fender guards to a spectator. He said they were mega-rare and stepped back to point to the row of show cars. They all had them.
