Marzocchi Dirt Jumper 3 2008 Forks

3.19/5 (16 Reviews)
Weight : 2.610 grams


Product Description

  • 100mm Travel
  • Fixed Hydraulic Damping
  • Mech PL
  • Coil Elastomer
  • Steel Steer Tube
  • 32mm Steel Stanchions
  • 6" Post Mount
  • 9 mm Drop Outs


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User Reviews

Overall Rating:3
Value Rating:3
Submitted by BIKEMAN101

Date Reviewed: August 6, 2012

Strengths:    these shocks hold up good and are better then the rst launches i have

Weaknesses:    the arent as squishy as i wanted them to be,cant really ajust


Bottom Line:   
i would reccomend these shocks to people if you are begginer or intermedite but if you are really good and have a lot of mooney burning a whole in your pocket i would deffinetly get a pair of fo floats!!!!!!!

Overall Rating:2
Value Rating:2
Submitted by John a Downhiller from Ireland

Date Reviewed: December 22, 2010

Strengths:    Stiff looks good

Weaknesses:    Not plush , No adjustments really . Feels absolutely horrible through its travel

Bottom Line:   
I woudlnt reccomend them even my suntours worked better !
Maybe they have improved since 08 but i wouldnt buy them for any bike.

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Duration Product Used:   1 Year

Purchased At:   Came on my p1

Similar Products Used:   Dirt jam pros , suntour , numerous 888s, boxxer world cups, drop off IVs, boxxer teams, 66 sL1 ata

Bike Setup:   Specialized p1 cro mo , single speed, hussefelt components, Gusset pedals, Juicy 3 rear 140mm brake

Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:4
Submitted by PandaBear a Weekend Warrior from Eagle River, Ak, United States

Date Reviewed: May 27, 2009

Strengths:    durable, good response time

Weaknesses:    cannot adjust to the stiffness i need.

Bottom Line:   
for any regular dirt jumper, this fork kicks booty. whether youre riding street, park or a rhythm set in the woods, it bombs. definately above average performance but the bottom line is im a 310lb rider and i do some cuhrazy stuff and its just not beefy enough for me.

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Favorite Trail:   street, park, trail

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $250.00

Purchased At:   Seward Bike Shop


Overall Rating:1
Value Rating:1
Submitted by grimmando a Downhiller from spokane

Date Reviewed: May 22, 2009

Strengths:    unbreakable, fell amazing for about a month.

Weaknesses:    seals wear quickly, dosent use all of its travel, adjustments dont do anything.

Bottom Line:   
dont upgrade to this fork. feel very nice for about a month, but then feel very worn out like wal-mart bike forks and seals leak.

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Duration Product Used:   1 Year

Purchased At:   stock on my p.1

Similar Products Used:   drop-off tripple, drop-off single, 888.

Bike Setup:   06 bighit, 888, juicy 5's, revolution 36's.

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by DeadOslik a Weekend Warrior from Lviv, Ukraine

Date Reviewed: May 22, 2009

Strengths:    Stiff, Very good for heavy riders (100+ kg), Works well in the City and lite freeride trails. Nice allarounder. 120 mm

Weaknesses:    Not so far

Bottom Line:   
I have rare 120 mm Fork -)

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Favorite Trail:   Trostian

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $200.00

Purchased At:   Goes with Norco Bigf

Similar Products Used:   none

Bike Setup:   Norco Bigfoot (Freeride HT) Shimano hydraulics brakes, 7" Rotors, Deore, DJ3.

Overall Rating:1
Value Rating:1
Submitted by giant-8 a Downhiller from wollongong

Date Reviewed: March 14, 2009

Strengths:    none wat so ever

Weaknesses:    top out to much dont use full travle

Bottom Line:   
do not buy havent had any luck with them at all

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Favorite Trail:   mount keira

Duration Product Used:   1 Year

Bike Setup:   2008 norco bigfoot

Overall Rating:2
Value Rating:2
Submitted by dan a Weekend Warrior from surrey, uk

Date Reviewed: December 3, 2008

Strengths:    white oem fork is nice looking

Weaknesses:    adjustment, internals

Bottom Line:   
no adjustment what so ever, after 10 hours of riding they felt like an rst fork !. i seriously dont recommend these to anyone. marzocchi have moved their factory from italy to somewhere else and since then the fork build and spec quality seems terrible.i would suggest spending the extra money like i just have and have ordered a rock shox argyle 302. lignter, stiffer, 20mm axle (granted double the price but its worth every penny) motion control and lock out. for 300 gbp. these forks for 08 and 09 have elastomer stacks in the left legs. for anyone who doesnt know what this is its suspension technology that is 5 years old! granted this fork looks good, but it really isnt. so dissapointed. for 2005 marzocchi were offering the dj3 fork for 150 gbp with dual air adjustment and internal travel adjustment. check out their website... the pictures speak for themselves.

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Favorite Trail:   lookout

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $499.00

Purchased At:   ebay

Similar Products Used:   old school dirt jumpers 2004 05 06 07, all other marzocchi forks accept shivers and super monsters

Bike Setup:   dirt jump bike drone reptiod slx hope accessories

Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:5
Submitted by ledzeppie a Weekend Warrior from Surrey, BC, Canada

Date Reviewed: August 13, 2008

Strengths:    Strong, simple, cheap, nice fealing to them.


Weaknesses:    I would like better rebound, but since i have changed it i have not bottomed out, but i would still like it to be a little stiffer. no dampening, but they feel nicer than a DJ2 imo

Bottom Line:   
These are a good fork for a budget build, they are strong, simple, only complaint is dampening and preload, but even still the preload isnt all that bad. I guess a lot of people would say there heavy, but im not a weight weenie (as you can see from my bike setup). Btw im a street/park rider

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Favorite Trail:   Street/Park riding

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Purchased At:   rocky cycles

Similar Products Used:   DJ2, dirt jam comp

Bike Setup:   08 P2, mavic 729, powerbite, tenpack bb, animal grips, sixty pedals.

Overall Rating:1
Value Rating:2
Submitted by jkrook a Downhiller from whistler BC Canada

Date Reviewed: August 6, 2008

Strengths:    none not enough travel slow rebound STIFF

Weaknesses:    all of the above

Bottom Line:   
OK for beginers under 10. do not buy

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Favorite Trail:   world cup

Duration Product Used:   6 months

Purchased At:   united cycle

Similar Products Used:   all mountain 4

Bike Setup:   do you really care???

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by harlyy a Downhiller from Hardlyy

Date Reviewed: August 3, 2008

Strengths:    alot. very nice alrounder

Weaknesses:    none

Bottom Line:   
Sweet ride... perfect

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Favorite Trail:   Anything fast

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $130.00

Purchased At:   hardlyington wheels

Similar Products Used:   dno

Bike Setup:   mine :P

Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:4
Submitted by konaguy08 a Downhiller from brantford

Date Reviewed: June 18, 2008

Strengths:    Beefy, I couldn't break this thing if I tried, rebound seems fine, despite what others have said.

Weaknesses:    A lil heavy, but i'm not an XC fairy so I barely notice, no 20 mil axle, but i guess for the price that's not to be expected.

Bottom Line:   
Good fork especially for the $$, a lil heavy but that is to be expected.

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Duration Product Used:   3 months

Purchased At:   waterdown bike works

Similar Products Used:   Manitou minute, DJ comp, and ammo something or other

Bike Setup:   08 Kona Shred, pretty much stock with lock ons and inner bash guard

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by Ian P. a Downhiller from Palm Desert, CA, USA

Date Reviewed: June 2, 2008

Strengths:    DON'T BOTTOM OUT. Ten times better than my previous forks.

Weaknesses:    Heavier than my last forks.

Bottom Line:   
I love these things. Incredible compared to my dirt jams even though they had air assist and rebound adjustment. Once I break these, I'm so getting another Marz fork. All I've ridden so far is street with these and they rock. I've done six stairs with incredible comfort. They are real confidence builders for me.

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Favorite Trail:   The streets of PD

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Purchased At:   LBS

Similar Products Used:   '05 Marz Dirt Jam Pro

Bike Setup:   '08 P.1 with tan odyssey seat and green lizard skin grips

Overall Rating:3
Value Rating:4
Submitted by Russ A a Weekend Warrior from England

Date Reviewed: May 14, 2008

Strengths:    beefy, pretty (especially with my black commencal maxmax!)

Weaknesses:    no adjustments, doesent feel as smooth as many forks, slow rebound but is loveley for rolling in and out of jumps.

Bottom Line:   
Nice forks, i only bought them because i gopt money off, i would have gone for some vanilla RLC's but that meant i would have had to wait. Still, nice starter for for me, holds up well from falls, i would reccoment it to anyone who wants forks that do the job and nothing extra, would be a good backup fork!

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Favorite Trail:   Delamere 4x and Dirt Jumps

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $200.00

Purchased At:   Local bike shop

Similar Products Used:   RS revolutions or whatever they are called.

Bike Setup:   Commencal MaxMax, DJ3's, Code 5's, rest standard

Overall Rating:2
Value Rating:4
Submitted by Adam a Weekend Warrior from Australia

Date Reviewed: April 18, 2008

Strengths:    it looks ok and seems strong

Weaknesses:    but the way it was set up disapointed me. there isn't enough adjustment so it is not stiff enough and the rebound is far too slow. i am disapointed that it doesn't have external rebound adjust as it will take me half a day or so just to adjust it to the rebound i like. but this is partly due to how the store set it up.

Bottom Line:   
i think more than anything i am displeased due to the bikestore setting it up wrong, but i would still would have liked to have been able to quickly fix there mistakes and set it up properly more quickly than to spend half a day pulling it apart to adjust the rebound etc. it's great value for the price but i beleive that it could be better.

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Favorite Trail:   winsor jumps

Duration Product Used:   Tested or demo'ed only

Purchased At:   came with 08 norco ryde

Similar Products Used:   marzocchi super T rv 07, marzocchi all mountain 4 07, marzocchi z1 sport rv 07, marzocchi dropoff triples 06, marzocchi dirtjumper 3's 07.

Bike Setup:   have two bikes and ride some of my friends bikes as well so dirtjumping and downhilling.

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by steve h a Weekend Warrior from courtice

Date Reviewed: January 17, 2008

Strengths:    everything awsome fork love the look to

Weaknesses:    none yet

Bottom Line:   
awsome shocks no complaits for dirt jumping these shocks are great wish they had a tiny bit more travel but oh well

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Favorite Trail:   dont know name

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Purchased At:   northern cycle

Similar Products Used:   none

Bike Setup:   stock kona stuff(black)

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