Nice review Mike.

Having had the fork on my Transition Preston for three months there are a couple of things I'd like to mention.

Firstly, these seemed to take a little longer than most zocchi's to bed in. They get a lot plusher the more you use them.

Another point to note is the spring weight. I am around the 12stone mark with gear on and I still found the stock springs a little firm, even though I was getting close to the correct sag. To elleviate this, as Marzocchi currently don't do lighter springs, I removed the spring from the right hand leg and ran 12psi of air preload. I also raised the oil height 10cc's. This made the fork A LOT plusher at the start of the stroke and it was still capable of large (8') drops to transition without bottoming. The only downside was fork tended to dive quite a bit under braking. Still, I would recommend this to lighter or purely trail riders.

I find the ETA useful for sharpening the headangle and kncking the front end down for fireroad climbs or very steep climbs.

My 2p's.

They've stopped getting plusher, so I figure they're run in ;-)

*thinks about becoming a bike journalist*

*thinks about runny spoons*

runny spoons? how would that work?

#thinks about which bike would best fit the fork#

Na, get Foz 36's :-)

Jonathan,

I'm a similar weight and Windwave recommended I swap out the hard spring on the non-ETA side of my '04 Z1FR and pop in a soft spring. The spring is not for the Z1FR but fits, but there isn't a suitable soft spring set for the ETA side.
This helps but the last inch of travel is still missing in action!

I'm going to try you idea of removing the spring completely and adding preload air, but I do wonder how that will affect warranty, etc.

Cheers, Nick

Hi Nick

I was told that there were no lighter springs to fit the '05 Z1 so instead Windwave suggested the removal of the non ETA leg spring. There is no reason why this should damage the fork as long as you don't put to much air in the right leg (max is 15psi so a low pressure shock pump is recommended), and adjust the oil height slightly.
You could ask Windwave whetehr it would affect the warranty though.

Hope that helps.

Jon

I get 5" out of mine on the trail (I find them pretty supple over the small stuff too), and the full 6" on the few occasions when I ride bigger drops (6' to transition type things). That strikes me as about perfect for this sort of fork!

I have them and they are ace...