marzocchi fork help. ID this fork

[deathgaytothemax]

got them with some spares and i have no idea which model they are or any way of telling. help???

[Davenger]

Dude, the model is written down the side in big red letters.
They're bombers
Look a lot like Z1 drop offs.

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[deathgaytothemax]

well done captain obvious. ;D most marzo forks are bomber,mosters 888 etc but I didnt no what the specific model is.
EDIT.there quite abit different to the ones in your link.i just cant find them anywere.on with the search

[surprisingskoda]

whats the travel? can look it up in work on tuesday probably if you want. any idea of the year either?

[deathgaytothemax]

no idea of travel or year.probly early 2000.not sure though.

[Filthyjohn]

That's a Z4 i reckon. Probably around 2001 vintage, though they looked the same for a few years. Defo not a Z1, looks like about 100mm travel and they have the magnesium cryofit 'm' arch.

My old pair:



if the top cap looks a bit different to this, there may be a schrader valve under it, meaning it's the air model.
Mine took loads and loads of hard abuse before snapping during a small hop, landing me face first on the pavement. ;D

[deathgaytothemax]

are they any good for dirt and street then?I'm going to put together a jump bike i think.

[Filthyjohn]

I used them mainly for street, they held up well on some pretty big stuff (5ft drops to flat concrete, stair transitions etc) but I'd not risk it, I messed my face up quite badly when they let go, and there were no cracks or stress marks in the stanchions beforehand. The Z4 is more of a budget XC fork.
I'd get a Z1 from 2004 onwards, they got a lot stronger because MTB street was the big thing back then and everyone was snapping forks. I'm still riding an 03 Z1 freeride that I bought to replace the faceplanters.

*edit* What frame have you got? That'll make a difference as to what fork you need. There's loads of really strong steel jump frames out there, you ride bmx normally don't you? Should be easy to put together summat that feels just like a big bmx.

[reanimation]

Loads of good jump forks out there, like the DJ series, and those new Society Xeno's from I.D. I guess using XC kit from back then is a tad scary. Most bikes now tend to be overbuilt and I'd hope any JD FR DH stuff should hold up, really don't fancy a face plant.

[goldenwonder]

They look very similar to 2002 model MXC's, not something I'd want to use to DJ ir street riding. Light by Marzocchi standard at sub 4lb. Sell them & buy some DJ forks instead.
*edit* they're not MXC's, been through the Marz archive & nothing the same as that is listed from '01 onwards that I can find so far

[deathgaytothemax]

think ill just put them on a hardtail frame i have and sell the lot. if I'm going to ride street ill use my bmx if i wanna ride anything downhill ill use my big bike.if any one wants them om open to offers.

[mcbodge]

The Forks are Dropoffs or Freerides.

Probably 130mm travel.

I've a set of 2002(?) ones that are still going strong. Marzocchi are excellent forks -especially considering that they are Italian!

[goldenwonder]

One thing I would do though before you use them on anything-replace the brake boss that's missing. That type of M-arch marz relies on bolts being there to hold the lowers together! If they don't have them, they start to twist (seen it too many times in the shop) If you haven't got it, drop me a PM & I'll find you one.

[deathgaytothemax]

na i havnt got one.i was just going to remove the other but if thats the case if you have one lying about if you can sort it that would be cool.

[surprisingskoda]

the big marzocchi catalogue thinks they're either an XC type or MX variant. cant be sure though without year or mm travel (xc 100-130, mx 85-100) but its a start for googling.

[goldenwonder]

I'll have a hunt round my oddments when I get to work. Are you going to RRG? If so I'll bring one with me, if not I'll drop them in the post for you

[Tim]

MX Pros's i think

[goldenwonder]

They're older than MX Pro's, I had a set of those & they didn't have the silly bolt together lowers. Think they are MX's but around '02 or '03. Probably OEM though as they're not on the Marz archive anywhere

[Nathan]

02 Mx's I have them on my Zaskar LE.