Marzocchi 66 VF2 2006 Front Shocks

4.13/5 (15 Reviews)


Product Description

66 series classifi ed as an extreme single crown FR fork, suitable for large/ safe drops, jumps & gaps. Don’t case, overjump or pile drive this product.


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Reviews 1 - 15 (15 Reviews Total)

User Reviews

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by sam_edz a Downhiller from Gwynedd

Date Reviewed: March 16, 2009

Strengths:    hope these are good i just ordered them

Bottom Line:   
under £100 ;)

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Favorite Trail:   n.wales

Duration Product Used:   Tested or demo'ed only


Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by ian a Downhiller from Grants Pass, Or., US

Date Reviewed: October 28, 2007

Strengths:    This is an AWESOME fork!! Great adjustments for any type of riding. I've hit some big drops to flat and have never bottomed this fork out! It's fairly light and a single crown. I love this fork.

Weaknesses:    El-none O

Bottom Line:   
GET THIS FORK, YOU WONT BE DISSAPOINTED.

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Duration Product Used:   1 Year

Price Paid:    $400.00

Purchased At:   jensonUSA

Similar Products Used:   Some of the 888s.

Bike Setup:   Iron Horse with SRAM X-9 stuff and code 5s.

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by jack from aldelaide

Date Reviewed: October 22, 2007

Bottom Line:   
hey guys/girls???
can you people help me!!
i am tossing it up between marzocchi 2006 vf2's and 2007 rock shox boxxer team's i need to decide

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Favorite Trail:   bennetts

Duration Product Used:   Tested or demo'ed only


Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:4
Submitted by Chris Weingartz a Weekend Warrior from Houghton, MI

Date Reviewed: August 12, 2007

Strengths:    This fork is durable, has adjustable travel (by moving spacers) and is tunable if you know what you are doing.

Weaknesses:    Does not come with enough oil, air assist is a stupid way to add preload.

Bottom Line:   
This is a good mid-level freeride fork that is very tuneable if you know what you are doing. In order for the rebound damping to work correctly, the oil level needs to be raised as it is low from the factory. The weight of the oil needs to be correct for the riders weight as well. For preload adjustment to set sag, it is better to use spacers above the spring rather than air pressure. Air pressure affects the progressiveness too much and makes the fork feel harsh. This fork basically has the same style internals as a early 90's motocross bike and can be tuned similarly. If the rider knows how to set up suspension properly, this is a great fork.

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Duration Product Used:   1 Year

Purchased At:   Stock on Coiler Deluxe


Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by James Knox a Weekend Warrior from Canada

Date Reviewed: April 1, 2007

Strengths:    every thing it can take anything u through at iti will give another review after more time riding

Weaknesses:    none

Bottom Line:   
great fork love it if ur thinking of buying a fork for freeride this is the one

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Favorite Trail:   Capreol

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $375.00

Purchased At:   friend

Similar Products Used:   none

Bike Setup:   06 norco manik

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by Carlos a Weekend Warrior from Miami, Fl, USA

Date Reviewed: February 27, 2007

Strengths:    stiff and absorbs practically anything you can throw are it or under it. Sanctions and crown are stout and the stance you'll have on the bike is awesome. I haven't kept any adjustments i've tried along the way but stock is still plush enough. I've done some nice drops and only used about 4 inches out of the 6 of travel.

Weaknesses:    a little heavy but hey, its made to last.

Bottom Line:   
Worth every penny i paid. A little heavy but its okay for any type of riding. Just ride more to make up for the weight. Strong.

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Favorite Trail:   anything you can ride fast and smooth, up and down, high and low.

Duration Product Used:   1 Year

Price Paid:    $399.00

Purchased At:   ebay

Similar Products Used:   Marz. Z1, Dirt Jumper 1/2/3, Manitou Splice

Bike Setup:   03 Giant AC, Hayes Hydros F/R, 2.5 f/r, singletrack rims, Marz 20mm hub front, chris king hub rear.

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by Seraph a Downhiller from Mill Valley, CA

Date Reviewed: December 29, 2006

Strengths:    Stiff, plush, never had to adjust it. One of the best, least expensive forks I've ever ridden.

Weaknesses:    Not too many so far. Maybe they should come stock with a fender, though, instead of making the customer buy one seperately. Also one of the 4mm alloy allen screws that clamps the axle stripped out. They should probably make these out of steel in the future.

Bottom Line:   
Great fork for the money, solid construction, Good looks. SO far I haven't had to adjust it at all, it just has a bit of a break-in period.

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Favorite Trail:   Deer Park

Duration Product Used:   6 months

Purchased At:   Standard on '06 Enduro SX Trail 1

Similar Products Used:   '05 Marzocchi 66RC, '03 Marzocchi Z.1 MCR QR20+, '02 Marzocchi Super T Pro QR20+.

Bike Setup:   '06 Specialized Enduro SX Trail 1, Chris King hubs on FR 6.1D rims, Saint cranks, X.O micro carbon derailleur/shifter, XTR cassette, Hayes Mag hydros, WTB Prowler tires, Chris King headset, Selle Italia SLR saddle, Easton Flatboy pedals.

Overall Rating:3
Value Rating:3
Submitted by Mike Hudson a Weekend Warrior from Phoenix Az

Date Reviewed: December 3, 2006

Strengths:    plush, stiff.

Weaknesses:    long periods of high speed constant abuse seem to take it's toll.

Bottom Line:   
write this as an update.
my riding has progressed significantly over my first review, and i've become very comfortable on the bike.
as such, trail speeds have greatly increased.
Fork has been taking constant abuse on South Mountain, very rocky... every run is an onslought of continuous rocky pounding, with some small drops thrown in for good measure.

I've had no complaints up until yesterday when the valving blew up and the fork started spewing oil like an erupting volcano.
Fork is enroute to Marzocchi now.
My opinion is, for a beginer, or, moderatly agressive rider, the fork will be a champion... or if your trails have smoothness to them with drops thrown in... like a playground or jump park.
I believe Marzocchi makes the more refined rc2x fork for folks who are riding a more constantly abusive terrain.

Since I hope to race eventually, and will continue riding trails that are essentially rock gardens from start to finish, I will move to a fork designed with a damping system more suitable to the conditions.

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Favorite Trail:   geronimo south mountain

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Bike Setup:   rocky mountain switch 2.0... maxxis dh tires/tubes, chain tensioner.

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:3
Submitted by mike hudson a Weekend Warrior from phoenix az

Date Reviewed: August 28, 2006

Strengths:    rebound adjustment is simple and has great effect.
compression adjustment makes a little difference.
stiffness, and plush ride.


Weaknesses:    any air assist seems to make the fork stiff.
compression adjustment makes a little difference.
noise the fork makes when top'd out (lift-off)


Bottom Line:   
I’ve been riding aggressive xc and ‘all mountain’ on xc hardtail race bikes for over 20 years, learned to ride in the forests of eastern Canada, so, likely I could be classified as a technical rider, and am new to free-ride equipment... weigh 160lbs. Having a desk job and getting handy to 40years old has caused me to abandon my "beat you up" hardtail race bike love.
Riding steep, rocky, technical trails of South Mountain, this fork has yet to let me down. Felt a bit like a pogo stick first time out, but, with rebound and compression adjustments the fork is a bump eating body saver. I run with no air assist in either chamber. Most of the downhill’s I ride involve seat down, hang out over the rear tire, and feather the brakes as you continually "drop or leap" off rock ledges in the 8"-36" range, and make attempts at steep/tight/rocky switch backs. Near continuous steering, line picking, and prayers to not flip over the bars are required.
This fork has steered over some pretty impressive ruts, loose stones, soaked up holes/drops that should have sent me over the bars, and on the few occasions where I've been able to let the bike run, the high speed dampening is spot on.
So far I've utilized 5.5" of the 6.6" travel offered.
On top of it all, I think the fork is pretty. Smiles.
Since it came on the bike I'm unsure how to value it.
And, since it does everything I ask, routinely suprises me with what it’ll roll/steer over, allows me to continually stretch my riding envelope and fear factor, and since I cannot imagine needing/wanting/paying for another fork, I'll give it 5 of 5 chilies.

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Favorite Trail:   south mountain - geronimo.

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Purchased At:   came on bike

Similar Products Used:   Nothing similar, only forks ever ridden were XC Sid's, and XC Manitous... parking lot tested a 176mm rock-shox boxxer ride...

Bike Setup:   Stock 2006 Rocky Mountain Switch 16.5" frame...

Overall Rating:3
Value Rating:4
Submitted by Kyle a Downhiller from Canada

Date Reviewed: July 24, 2006

Strengths:    stiff for a single crown, lighter than a double crown

Weaknesses:    only one spring weight available, compression adjustment doesn't seem to do much, not as plush as an RC

Bottom Line:   
This fork has been a disappointment and my least favourite part of my set-up this year. There are several ‘adjustments’ but I still can’t get the thing to feel right. On top of this there is only one spring weight available so if you are lighter or heavier than recommended for a regular spring the tune-ability is further limited. I would definitely recommend the RC2X if you are looking at choosing between the two. If setting up your suspension is important to you this is not the fork.

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Favorite Trail:   whistler bike park

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Similar Products Used:   888, sherman slider, jr t

Bike Setup:   RMB switch, DHX 5.0, juicy 7's, minions, e13, SRAM, Mavic

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by Alex a Downhiller from Washington

Date Reviewed: July 13, 2006

Strengths:    Stiff, Plush, Rebound Adjust, Compression adjust, White looks badass

Weaknesses:    none

Bottom Line:   
Great fork, the fork is super plush, and has a good rebound adjustment that actually works, super plush, its a 888 without a triple clamp.

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Favorite Trail:   beacon

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $600.00

Similar Products Used:   manitou sherman breakout plus, 888

Bike Setup:   cannondale gemini 2000

Overall Rating:1
Value Rating:1
Submitted by bob applefeild a Racer from texas

Date Reviewed: July 9, 2006

Strengths:    ...

Weaknesses:    it's a marzocchi. it is gay

Bottom Line:   
dun buy it go get a 36 vans/talus by fox or a rockshox pike or wait till 2007 and look at rockshox's new freeride stuff

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Favorite Trail:   freeridin

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Purchased At:   won at race

Similar Products Used:   lots of manitous. IMPRESSED BY FOX AND ROCKSHOX'S EXTREMELY BETTER QUALITY STUFF.

Bike Setup:   .. norco 4x complete overhaul.

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by shawn senior a Downhiller from Cambridge,ontario,canada

Date Reviewed: May 20, 2006

Strengths:    sweet fork,best fork ive ever ridden. its great for everything. looks awesome,can take anything you throw at it

Weaknesses:    nothing

Bottom Line:   
sweet fork, i would reccomend it to anyone who needs to buy a new fork.

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Favorite Trail:   downhill stuff

Duration Product Used:   6 months

Price Paid:    $600.00

Purchased At:   gears and grills

Similar Products Used:   marzochi drop off, fox vanilla

Bike Setup:   2005 norco downhill team bike

Overall Rating:2
Value Rating:3
Submitted by el guapo a Downhiller from p-land

Date Reviewed: April 23, 2006

Strengths:    stiff, white, can be converted to 130mm travel just by switching a spacer (at least mine could).

Weaknesses:    springs too soft and cante get firmer ones, the compession damping sucks, rebound needs to have 15wt oil to work well enought for bigger hits, air pressure makes it ride harsh

Bottom Line:   
Got this fork after being told that the RC2X was over rated and the VF2 with all of the revisions they did, feels just the the 05 RC. dead fricken wrong. The VF2 Damping is still junk no matter how marzocchi rebadges it or claims its better. The springs are too soft for anyone at or over 200lbs, and they dont make a firmer one. And if you bump up the Air assist, the fork gets really harsh on the small bumps. I had to put 15wt oil in the rebound side to get it to do anything worth while, and i still am trying to figure out how to tune the compression side. It seems that with the damping in the VF2 you can't have your cake and eat it too. All in all i am not terribly happy with this fork. I spose it would be good for all mountain use, but for aggressive FR use i wouldnt recommend it to much of anyone. I really wish that i would have gotten the RC2X or a TALAS 36.

On the plus side it is nice to be able to run it at 5" of travel, despite what marzocchi says.

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Favorite Trail:   the down hill ones

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Similar Products Used:   05 66rc, 05 888rc, 06 888vf (oem), 05 pike race, 03 sherman slider+, 03 sherman flick, and a bunch of others...


Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:4
Submitted by hardcore newbie a Downhiller from schmeville

Date Reviewed: February 23, 2006

Strengths:    looks badass nice once set up right

Weaknesses:    rebound is funky and i dont really care for it

Bottom Line:   
nice fork

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Duration Product Used:   Tested or demo'ed only

Purchased At:   arcadian shop

Similar Products Used:   2005 888

Bike Setup:   friends 2006 gemini 900

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