What has marzocchi done for 09 QC wise?

They have admitted there were issues (manufacturing or otherwise) and the good news is the overall lineup has not changed that much - allowing them to focus on the reliability issues instead of having to do reliability AND new product.

Unfortuantely, I do not wanna be a guinea pig either, so for 09 I will be using Fox product. If towards the end of 09 things look good I can consider switching back then.

Me too.

Ordered a u-turn Lyrik last weekend!

A bit more weight, but loads of adjustments, high reliability from reviewers in general and a really damn good price.

It was that of the 55ATA, i love Marzocchi, but too many bad reports from the past few years!

I hear you...I know there's tons of bad reports (and people claim its just as many as from other companies...seems like tons of zokes though), which is why I was curious if anyone knew if the vendor made changes, or acknowledges what went wrong and the fixes going forward. Tried to find vendor reports/admissions as 007 pointed out but couldn't (not related to the technology like eta, ata, etc but moreso issues with X were due to Y). Good point on them at least not trying new stuff...anyone using the 2009 44/55/66 I'd be super curious to hear reports.

FWIW, I have an 08 55 ATA. After a few months I had a problem with the TST micro cartidge getting hydro locked. Tom (MTD) was good enough to send me a new TST cartridge that had a redesigned endcap. Problem fixed. About a month ago my ATA cartridge O rings failed, I called up Marz send it back and they replaced the ATA with an 09 cartridge. Also replace the lowers as I had some stiction issues.

I had my fork back within about 10 days, all covered under warranty. Obviously I would have liked to have the fork been bulletproof from day 1 but Marz backed it up with great service. Fork feels great now. I looked around at comparable forks from Fox, RS and Magura and for every rave there is someone with a problem as well.