NAD1 Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Does anyone know if this fork 'issue' has been resolved between Gas Gas and Marzocchi? and will the new 2009 bikes be shipping with the Alloy Marzocchi's?? What is/was the problem? Have heard that any 2008 bikes shipping now come with heavier Sachs forks. Is this another financial row? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fracy Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Marzochhi could not keep up with the demand this year. Scorpa also using same forks, so I guess the problem is not being able to make them fast enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenballs Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 hi my mate got a 08 gas gas it camr with sachs forks then gas gas recalled them as they lock up when fully compressed so they were replaced with marzocchi`s and the reason they changed was gas gas had a 5year contract that they would be the only manufcturer who would get them forks but scorpa were supplied with out taking contract into consideration so gas gas spat the dummy and tried sachs but were no good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatchman Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Got our 2 gassers in december and they had the marzocchi's in but i know now that they have changed to pirelli forks which aint ally all the way through. This is, i believe, was because that marzocchi couldnt keep up demand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAD1 Posted June 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 (edited) Cool, so sounds like a short term thing then... I had heard both of these 'stories' - still seems a little odd that Marzocchi 1) couldn't keep up with demand but managed to make them for Scorpa 2) whilst at the same time managing to forget that they had an exclusive contract with Gas Gas!! So does the new Raga Rep have the Marzocchi's on? Sounds like they have resolved the issue now which is good news (unless you got one with the Sachs forks) Edited June 2, 2008 by nickday1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordi Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 So does the new Raga Rep have the Marzocchi's on? Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldilocks Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 I looked at a raga at the weekend, the tubes were Marzocchi but the legs looked different ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Here in Australia the first shipment of 2008 came with the Marzocchi then there was a significant delay on the supply of the second shipment because of the no supply of the Marzocchi forks. The second run had 38 mm paoili without full compression , rebound setting capabilities found on the Marzocchis. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterb Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 The up to date news on the forks for the Raga replicas is that the 250/280 models have Marzocchi's while the 300 is supposed to have the Sachs/GG fork. Bye, PeterB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAD1 Posted June 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 The up to date news on the forks for the Raga replicas is that the 250/280 models have Marzocchi's while the 300 is supposed to have the Sachs/GG fork.Bye, PeterB. Christ!! so if you buy the most expensive model that GG make you get the poorer forks........ what the **** is that about? I have seen a new Raga rep and agree with 'Baldilocks' - yes they have a Marzocchi sticker on the top but they dont look the same as the Marzocchi's. Is it just me or is this all a bit weird? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ham2 Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 I looked at a raga at the weekend, the tubes were Marzocchi but the legs looked different ? Oi!,Daddy-o, Just to add a little more mystery....did those forks look like the 40mm forks fitted to the ????....XISPA?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAD1 Posted June 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Oi!,Daddy-o,Just to add a little more mystery....did those forks look like the 40mm forks fitted to the ????....XISPA?? Probably.....wouldn't surprise me So did GG actually have a contract with Marzocchi over these forks or not? Surely if they did then supply would need to stop for Scorpa and (probably) Xispa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordi Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 I looked at a raga at the weekend, the tubes were Marzocchi but the legs looked different ? No, I can confirm Marzochi forks on the new Raga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAD1 Posted June 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 The plot thickens.............. In the new Motocross Digital they have a test on the 08 Raga Rep and the specs clearly state that they ARE shipping with the Sachs forks + they reviewer comments on the Sachs forks. BUT in one of the pics, you can clearly see the Marzocchi sticker on the top of the forks - Hmmmmm! I have seen 2 new Raga Reps and they both had the 'Marzocchi sticker' on but they definitely did NOT look like Marzocchi forks. This is an Italian test, but I cant see that they would use different forks for different countries. have a butchers: http://www.motocrossdigital.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordi Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 (edited) Well, unless Sachs have cast the Marzocchi emblems into the fork legs I still say that my Raga has Marzocchi forks! Edited June 6, 2008 by jordi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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