Marzocchi Drop Off Triple 2006 Front Shocks

3.32/5 (34 Reviews)


Product Description

  • Travel: 170mm
  • Top Crown: Forged top clamp
  • Drop-Out Type: 20mm dedicated drop-outs
  • Steer Tube: Steel


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User Reviews

Overall Rating:3
Value Rating:4
Submitted by haroman666 a Downhiller from UK

Date Reviewed: April 30, 2010

Strengths:    Awesome rookie-amatuer fork. Super plush travel and strong!

Weaknesses:    Lack of faith in skinny looking forks!

Bottom Line:   
I've used these forks for 2 years. They have been ridden hard and quite possibly outside of their capabilities. They have been through 2 weeks of hard DH/FR at Les Gets in France and a week in Winterberg doing DH/SS.

Ive never touched the compression settings or anything. All ive changes is the air pressure in each leg. They have never been serviced and they probably get a wash maybe every 6 months.

After such little care taken over them i would have expected the seals or valves to have broken by now. But no, they are still soldiering on. The travel is still plush as anything and the clamps are still rock solid.

I would recommend these forks to a rookie DHer or anybody wanting some good value triples up front. They are quite skinny which means when riding, you psychologically feel less up for the challenge, but dont let this get in the way... they are great, strong forks.

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Duration Product Used:   2 Years

Price Paid:    $980.00

Purchased At:   Rutland cycling

Similar Products Used:   Marzocchi 66 RC3, Rockshox Domain 318 U-turn.

Bike Setup:   07 Kona Stinky with drivetrain upgrades.

Overall Rating:3
Value Rating:5
Submitted by moniz_freeride a Downhiller from ponta delgada s.miguel açores portugal

Date Reviewed: March 21, 2010

Strengths:    light

Weaknesses:    too soft and for make it harder u need to ajust rebound to go slower so u can pump more air

Bottom Line:   
i like it but its too soft ive got to land very soft on dirt jumps or drops cuzz i had bottomed out and its not too hard believe me its not how uge is the jump its the way u land ur bike in the dirt...

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Favorite Trail:   lagoa do fogo

Duration Product Used:   1 Year

Price Paid:    $200.00

Purchased At:   a friend

Similar Products Used:   marzocchi 66 and 888

Bike Setup:   big hit spec

Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:3
Submitted by gavinmiller a Downhiller from springville ut us

Date Reviewed: November 16, 2009

Strengths:    very plush takes lil bumps and big ones like a champ for such a small fork

Weaknesses:    needs more travel

Bottom Line:   
great fork for light dh trails and freeride

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Favorite Trail:   stumpjumper

Duration Product Used:   6 months

Purchased At:   got the bike on ksl

Similar Products Used:   888

Bike Setup:   rockymountain switch with hayse 9s and fox dhx 5.0 race face cranks

Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:5
Submitted by jamie a Downhiller from wiltshire

Date Reviewed: October 11, 2009

Strengths:    really smooth plush feel never bottomed out nice amount of travel

Weaknesses:    tiny bit of top out but not noticible when riding properly very thin compared to the 888's which are like drain pipes

Bottom Line:   
awsome fork especially for the price

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Favorite Trail:   black cannon at longleat

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Purchased At:   online

Similar Products Used:   888

Bike Setup:   kona stinky 07

Overall Rating:1
Value Rating:2
Submitted by konastinky07 a Downhiller from England

Date Reviewed: April 5, 2009

Strengths:    Quite cheap, light-ish and thats just about it...

Weaknesses:    well, I'm only 13 and i have compleatly destroyed these forks.

I only weigh 84 pounds and i have compleatly destroyed the damping cartredges, bent them slightly, dented the stanchions (very weak, only broke with one slght crash)

Rebound damping is impractical as you have to open up the whole fork and have a special adjuster rod just to adjust it.

Seals blow out, air valves blow out, leaks a heck of a lot of oil, leaks air.
Air valves get sucked into the fork.

Damping sucks.


Bottom Line:   
Please do not post anything like you abuse your forks becasue i don't! I get them serviced every 75 hrs of riding, clean the stanchions after every run and eaven spray the stanchions with GT 85 to stop the seals from drying out.

I probaly had a defective product and i'm going to send them off for impection. Obiously, because iv'e dammaged the stanchions, they will not warrenty it.

I am going to but a 2006 marzocchi 66 rc2x 170 mm travel.

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Favorite Trail:   Gawton super tavi ans]d hsd

Duration Product Used:   6 months

Purchased At:   Internet, however, i

Similar Products Used:   None realy.

Bike Setup:   Bone stock kona stinky 2007

Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:4
Submitted by flashpoint a Weekend Warrior from Richmond, BC, Canada

Date Reviewed: July 9, 2008

Strengths:    Easy to maintain, once tuned it work wonders. Cheap.

Weaknesses:    Hassle to adjust the rebound damping.

Bottom Line:   
Perfect fork for biginners. The rebound adjuster is a pain to find but I am lucky there is a Marzocchi Service Centre near my place. Bought one and fixed the clunking noise after a few turns with the adjuster which the positive and preload adjustments was not able to do. I believe the rebound adjuster tool is a must.

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Favorite Trail:   North Shore, Whistler

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $129.00

Purchased At:   Sport Junkies

Bike Setup:   Giant AC2

Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:5
Submitted by fox40dan a Downhiller from Newport, South Wales

Date Reviewed: July 1, 2008

Strengths:    cheap, and very strong! i have had no problems with them at all!

Weaknesses:    because there not as expencive as the other rivel barnds and modle, i keep worrying that they will snap on me.

Bottom Line:   
there awsome and cheap! i would defo buy them again!

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Favorite Trail:   wentwood forest

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $180.00

Purchased At:   ebay!

Similar Products Used:   888's all of the range

Bike Setup:   saracen recoil, marzocchi drop off triples, fox vanila rc.

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:4
Submitted by rockin downhiller a Downhiller from Belmont CA

Date Reviewed: June 25, 2008

Strengths:    Super plush and can take the biggest drops without bottoming out. I have never bottomed it out yet. Stayed smooth without any lube so far and had no problems yet with it

Weaknesses:    Kinda stiff and to adjust the rebound you need to buy like a 30cm alan from marozochi to get in the fork and adjust it but otherwise nothing

Bottom Line:   
Get the it. You can get it used for 100 and it still can work really good. Will last forever.

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Duration Product Used:   6 months

Price Paid:    $100.00

Purchased At:   craigslist

Similar Products Used:   888

Bike Setup:   iron horse sohon bucho

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by cameron budd a Weekend Warrior from ashland oregon

Date Reviewed: June 3, 2008

Strengths:    i love it plush and quiet but still climbs wee

Weaknesses:    not much

Bottom Line:   
buy this fork great fork for the money

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Duration Product Used:   6 months

Price Paid:    $600.00

Purchased At:   jenson

Similar Products Used:   888


Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by Andy Mac a Downhiller from Miidlesbrough , Englnad

Date Reviewed: October 10, 2007

Strengths:    great for those BIG drops even tho it isnt the biggest travel it just takes them

Weaknesses:    no weakness

Bottom Line:   
the rock says so

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Favorite Trail:   carlton DH

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $600.00

Purchased At:   online

Similar Products Used:   i find them simirel to boxxers

Bike Setup:   kona stinky primo

Overall Rating:3
Value Rating:3
Submitted by colton wagner a Downhiller from timberlea, nova scotia, canada

Date Reviewed: August 14, 2007

Bottom Line:   
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO MAKE THEM STIFFER !?!?! I CANT FIRGURE IT OUT!!!

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Favorite Trail:   whopper

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $600.00

Purchased At:   a friend


Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:5
Submitted by Cj Smith a Downhiller from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Date Reviewed: June 26, 2007

Strengths:    The priceless Marzocchi buttery feel, Strong, Look amazing, Very cheap and Feel amazing once you adjust them properly.

Weaknesses:    Rebound is touchy, a little hard to adjust.

Bottom Line:   
There great forks for the money. When I first got them there was a really harsh top off but I adjusted that. All you need to do is to make a 3 foot long 12mm hex key to reach down into the right leg. When your in, you turn the screw at the bottom counter clock-wise to slow down rebound and your issue will be fixed.

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Favorite Trail:   Local Secret

Duration Product Used:   1 Year

Price Paid:    $200.00

Purchased At:   Savage's

Similar Products Used:   Rock Shox Boxxer Race, Spinner stock forks.

Bike Setup:   Trek Bruiser 1 with Triple Drop Off's, Hayes MX3, Mavic 721 rims.

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by Stuart a Downhiller from ........

Date Reviewed: June 24, 2007

Strengths:    Its awsome for the price.

Weaknesses:    None

Bottom Line:   
If u want a fork which doesnt take a chunk out of ur wallet, this is the one.

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Duration Product Used:   1 Year

Price Paid:    $300.00


Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:4
Submitted by Matt Not gonna tell a Downhiller from Samm town

Date Reviewed: June 4, 2007

Strengths:    Its fun...you can ride of these things called "kickers" on it...
ahhah kiddin.
set the fork up right and have fun.
throw some really thick oil in it and have the bike shop boys adjust your damper and rebound (requires a custom made tool).
Once you do it feels amazazing.


Weaknesses:    It used to not be my favorite, but since i set it up all good im loving it.

Bottom Line:   
Set the fork up right and go ride. dont post reviews saying its a piece, get rid of it...tops out blah blah blah.
set the fork up right and go ride

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Favorite Trail:   SST...

Duration Product Used:   6 months

Purchased At:   Pac Bike

Similar Products Used:   Junior T, 05 sherman slider, 888 vf

Bike Setup:   Stock..

Overall Rating:1
Value Rating:3
Submitted by james a Weekend Warrior from oswestry

Date Reviewed: April 27, 2007

Strengths:    never bottoms out and im a heavy bugger.

Weaknesses:    TOPS OUT ALL THE TIME since i got it from the shop(sent them back)

Bottom Line:   
dont buy a bike with these forks. or buy them seprately, im waitin for the shop to get me some 888s. they always top out and all drop offs do it.

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Favorite Trail:   coed llandegla forest

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Purchased At:   winstanleys (with bike)

Similar Products Used:   2001 tiple clamp bommers

Bike Setup:   2006 norco shore 3, standard

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