Dorado is the fork you see on the bikes of the world's fastest riders, and for good reason. They were designed from the ground up to be the best forks available anywhere for downhill racing applications. Dorado uses wild carbon fiber and aluminum construction to save weight and a proven coil spring design.
Submitted by
Ben Goring
a Downhiller
from Brisbane/Qld/Australia Date Reviewed: August 6, 2007
Favorite Trail:
Kenilworth
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$800.00
Purchased At:
Friend
Strengths:
Strong build,great working internals and long lasting
Weaknesses:
Rebound or compression doesn't work very well, doesn't have much adjustment range.
Similar Products Used:
Shiver.
Bike Setup:
Santacruz V10 2006, 888's, Air shock
Bottom Line:
Great forks but if you crash the fork legs twist, and you have to unclamp the crowns and stem so they straighten up again and the retighten, just means you can't crash then! Slow rebound and the only way to get them fast is to reduce the amount of oil running inside 'em. Apart from that they are a sick fork.
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Submitted by
steve r
a Downhiller
from perth Date Reviewed: January 7, 2006
Favorite Trail:
fort william
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$1200.00
Strengths:
Great fork, I have never had any problems with this fork and i also have used alot of forks and nothing feels like this. 8" of the very best.
Weaknesses:
Nothing that i have noticed.... Maybe the price but that doesn't come into it when the fork works so well.
Similar Products Used:
2006 boxxer and the original dorado.
Bike Setup:
azonic recoil, dorados, saint cranks & e thirteen, easton bars-stem-post, deemax rims on hope big un's, Hope 6 pots.
Bottom Line:
If you can get a hold of one of these forks (keep it). I have used alot of forks and have blown boxxers to peices. marzocchi's are strong but they doen't come anywhere near to these. Manitou are the leaders when it comes to suspension.
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Submitted by
robert
a Downhiller
from montreal,Québec Date Reviewed: July 1, 2005
Favorite Trail:
DH
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$1200.00
Bottom Line:
good
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Submitted by
Sepp Truetsch
a Downhiller
from Bern Switzerland Date Reviewed: February 1, 2005
Favorite Trail:
Boulder City
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Strengths:
Design.. Fork looks very very nice weight is also awesome USD Design..
Specialized FSR Team DH.. Fo. soon a Turner DHR.. Hell yeah
Bottom Line:
This fork is pure crap! I rode this sticky sh!t during 2-3 Hours... hell, hours! Not months and the carbon cracked! Oil runs out, just under the upper crown! Awsome.. fo bad quality for this price level! I send it back to our import guy in switzerland and got my "money" back in form of a credit! Pfff.. never ever a dorado again! Every mrd-x works i heard about has some problems.. most of them blew up or are terribely sticky! Without spendinh hours of tuning this piece of sh*t will never run well! I don't wonder that answer stoped the production of the 200mm mrd-x-works
thanks to answer for the last season04 which fell completely off!
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Submitted by
phil clermont
a Weekend Warrior
from Ontarion ,toronto can Date Reviewed: December 31, 2004
Favorite Trail:
1842 st anne
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$1500.00
Purchased At:
a shop
Strengths:
super plush,no pedal bob,very responsive and rumoured to be lighter
Weaknesses:
the cost$$$
Similar Products Used:
doraod dh. slider plus
Bike Setup:
giant team dh
Bottom Line:
This fork is a perfect match to downhillers, the SPV works perfectly and the stability during downhilling is great.
It brings me a lot of confidence while I am on the trail.
The good looking of this fork is also a plus.
I love this fork
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Submitted by
Francois lefevre
a Downhiller
from varennes québec Can Date Reviewed: December 30, 2004
Favorite Trail:
boumrang Bromont
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$1200.00
Purchased At:
a friend
Strengths:
-Smooth -stiff for an inverted -spv evolve -8"travel -integrated stem -great looking -light
Weaknesses:
cost!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a little bit of flex
Similar Products Used:
shiver dc,dorado dh
Bike Setup:
giant team dh
Bottom Line:
The 2005 spv dorado is a very great fork for ride i love this fork so much. She works very good i love it
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Submitted by
Nathan
a
from Sherwood Park Date Reviewed: December 22, 2004
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Bottom Line:
I had the 2004 dorado mrd-xworks, and it never worked propertly. The SPV system is not designed for the long travel, and pressure on the inverted seals. The problem is the blatters. Manitou has stopped production on the fork and will not be producing the Dorado 200.
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Submitted by
nick mengarelli
a Downhiller
from usa Date Reviewed: August 18, 2004
Favorite Trail:
karpiel northstar
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$1600.00
Purchased At:
answerproducts
Strengths:
looks kool it works awsome doesnt stick blow or anytning
Weaknesses:
none that i see... i dont think ill see any either.
Similar Products Used:
03 doado mrd but nothin else can compare
Bike Setup:
intense m1 03 gazzalode 3.0 dorado 05 5th element etc
Bottom Line:
its a sick @ss fork and its worth every penny
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