Submitted by
Jay
a Downhiller
from middletown Date Reviewed: March 28, 2009
Favorite Trail:
everywhere
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$20.00
Purchased At:
from a friend
Strengths:
Pretty smooth, looks cool-ish with all its travel. Takes a lot of skilled abuse. matches my kona?
Weaknesses:
Wtf is with the reverse bridge? It flexes a lot to be honest. Needs regular maintenance and oil changes otherwise you fry the internals pretty quickly.
Similar Products Used:
Marzocchi Drop off triple, 888.
Bike Setup:
Kona Stinky frame with Azonic outlaws, Just got a custom rebuilt Super T on, Minions, Hayes 9 brakes, TruVative Howitzer BB, Hussefelt Crankarms and stem, sram X.9 shifter and derailleur setup, Raceface Diabolus Chainguide, and GoodRidge Hoses.
Bottom Line:
I blew my Travis out on a 4 foot drop with the compression on high. Sure its taken a LOT of abuse from what i threw at it, but Marzocchi is the way to go when it comes to serious stuff. Its a little heavy though, and the paint wears off quickly.
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Submitted by
Sean
a Downhiller
from Whistler, B.C., Canada Date Reviewed: April 19, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Fright Train
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$700.00
Purchased At:
Summit Ski and Cycle
Strengths:
Great fork, excellent going into and coming out of burms. Easy to adjust and you get quite a reange to play with.
Weaknesses:
Had problems bottoming out a bit. Swapped out the spring for a stronger one. Now even working better.
Similar Products Used:
Fox 40's and 888, I like the travis a lot more.
Bike Setup:
06 Kona sinky stock with travis
Bottom Line:
Go get a set, you don't know what your missing. Do it!!!!
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Submitted by
kane
a Downhiller
from motueka Date Reviewed: April 10, 2008
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Purchased At:
swaped for 888
Strengths:
wicked love the feel of them A+++++
Weaknesses:
they feel tall
Similar Products Used:
888rc2, boxxer team, manitou Dorado's
Bike Setup:
stock 07 stinky primo but now with travis ti and soon saint cranks.
Bottom Line:
great fork best ive ever had, cant go wrong with them, east to use.
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Submitted by
Nathan Lulek
a Downhiller
from RutVegas, Vermont Date Reviewed: January 28, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Killington, Pinehills, and CC Fireroads
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$255.00
Purchased At:
Ebay
Strengths:
Great fork, plush, doesn't bottom out, and looks sick!
Weaknesses:
None
Similar Products Used:
Boxxer Ride 203mm
Bike Setup:
Hussefelt, SRAM, Truvativ, and Trek Jack
Bottom Line:
I will be using this fork for my spring build of my VooDoo Ogun DH/FR bike. I rode my buddy's bike that has one on it and I was amazed so I had to get one. Buy it if you want a plush ride that will keep coming back for more punishment.
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Submitted by
fadli
a Downhiller
from malaysia Date Reviewed: January 24, 2008
Duration Product Used:
2 Years
Strengths:
Mine is the 06' Travis without Titanium Spring...Extremely good fork...Fork did not dive in at corner or berms..Durable to withstand freeride!The intrinsic damping work awesome!Overall the fork is a kick-ass!!Did not dissapointed me with the performance..
Weaknesses:
None that i have noticed..
Similar Products Used:
Bomber 888,66..Boxxer..
Bike Setup:
06' Stinky..
Bottom Line:
Bottom line is the fork really do a good job if u set it right...Heavy but durable..!What impress me the most is the customer service..I lost a heksagon metal piece at the bottom of the fork which clamp the thru axle..Send a email to Manitou Technical Support and their feedback is fast!!They even ship the metal heksagon piece,bolts,washer and stickers free of charge!!I only ask for the metal piece tho,but they send the complete set..Send by mail at 3rd January by Manitou,receive by me at 24 January..That's exactly 3 weeks..Really fast,good and friendly support!! Awesome Manitou..Really good job!
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Submitted by
adam nelson
a Downhiller
from clarkston Date Reviewed: December 8, 2007
It is a great fork over all You can use it to its full potential for downhill or freeride, or you can lightly use it and be easly impressed with its smoothness, the only problem that I have came across is It bottloms out on bigger sized drops. one of the best forks on the market. Easly
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Submitted by
Jason Rogers
a Weekend Warrior
from Livingston MT Date Reviewed: April 23, 2007
Favorite Trail:
Raidersburg
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Strengths:
super plush, very smooth, looks good, light
Weaknesses:
a little squishy, solved by dtiffer springs, brake dive
Similar Products Used:
manitou stance, sucks dont by
Bike Setup:
2005 norco savage
Bottom Line:
great deal manitou sent this to me for free after blowin out my stance 4 times, i only needed a new wheel for the 20mm thru axle.
this thing is great, but a little soft, easy to bottom, but the travel is sooo smooth, ill just get some stiffer springs weigh aprox. 155lbs love it
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Submitted by
Julio
a Downhiller
from The netherlands Date Reviewed: February 27, 2007
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Purchased At:
came stock on my bike
Strengths:
Ultra smooth travel Feels good looks beautiful lot's off travel Intrinsic damping easy to adjust the damping Strong
Weaknesses:
None
Similar Products Used:
888,boxxer,fox40
Bike Setup:
Stock Trek session 10,Hayes mag,E.13,All bontrager king earl and big earl components,revox isx ti,Sram XO
Bottom Line:
This fork is unbeleavable good and feels so smooth,lot's smoother and better than all the other forks i'v ridden on other bikes.It came stock on my session 10 and it has the revox isx ti shock in the back and with the travis it's the best combo for this bike.Strong solid fork and very good for extreme freeride or for DH racing or other types off extreme off road riding.It's been proved again that manitou is making one off the nicest and best forks to date for DH/FR with it's intrinsic damping.thumbs up for Manitou for making this excelent fork.
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