Yes, that’s the core business competency of Marzocchi. Marzocchi never attempted to attach ‘ultimate race fork’ label to their products, more a case of a quality piece of equipment needing less maintenance. It was a natural name for a product that is bomb proof. We are now all familiar with the term ‘bomb down hills’ and ‘bomber reliability’. The Bomber name came from the US and Italian team, while they were having dinner and discussing the project. Who designed it? It was not a single individual, the project was the result of a strong collaboration between USA and Italy. They called out for the ‘at the time’ oversized 30mm stanchion tubes, open bath damping, cartridge damper, coil spring, etc., and Italy made it happen. The Bomber Project was a combination of USA and Italy.
In the end the fork was very much appreciated. Yes it was, at the beginning we received negative feedback claiming the fork had too much travel and was too plush. Bomber Z1 almost the beginning and end of real quality single crown forks in downhill in many ways? Our main customers are Ducati (60% share), BMW (75% share), MV Agusta (100% share), Moto Guzzi (100% share). Yes, all Moto production is in the original Bologna facility. You still make products for motorcycles though? PRODUCTION/OWNERSHIP Bomber production in Italy up to 2007, that correct?Īctually it was 2008 when we moved the entire production to Taiwan. The DJ market needs ‘bomb proof’ products and Marzocchi knows a lot about making products to hold up to the abuse. We really moved quickly into this market which is quite natural for Marzocchi. Yes the DJ market has been a strong hold for Marzocchi since day one. And obviously the Bomber has featured prominently as far as dirt jumping is concerned? The 888 RC3 Ti is hands down the best DH race fork on the market, we need to show case it. We still support a lot of freeriders, it’s our core business. The global freeride market is slowing down and in 2010 we really moved heavily back into DH racing. Where are Marzocchi at with Freeride today?
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A big thanks to Kona and Norco and the free ride boys for making it all happen. After some meetings with large OE companies, we tested the fork with the boys from Norco and Kona, we went testing in the North Shore and they were completely blown away with its performance and the rest became history. Needless to say, the fork looked HUGE! After that some samples were tested and our riders hit the road driving from California to British Columbia. When we mounted the first Z.2 Bomber, head tubes were still 1″ and bikes weren’t as robust as they are now. The beginning was with Richie Schley, Wade Simmons, and Brett Tippie along with the film crew from Kranked (Christian Begin and Bjorn Inga). Christian Begin and Bjorn Enga really got us motivated to help promote the ‘sport’ called freeriding, we all brain–stormed together and thought that we needed a film to showcase this movement and products to go with it, the Bomber Program was born. That was the ‘birth thought’ for the Bomber Program. Our US team was doing a lot of riding in British Columbia and felt the need to have better suspension in this harsh environment. Is that correct?Īctually we started moving to freeride before it was actually called ‘Freeride’. FREERIDE There was a significant move to support freeriders around 2005.
When was Marzocchi last World Cup win?īarel on a 888 circa 2005. It was the first frame of the future in Bromont, 1993 or 1994. When was Marzocchi first world cup win?ĭave Cullinan was World Champion on a Marzocchi 50mm travel XC400, Marzocchi rear shock and Marzocchi frame. We spoke to Fabio Sturaro, one of the main men at Marzocchi, and later to Bryson Martin in the US. First 40mm stanchion tube forkĢ006 Brian Lopes (actually Lopes rode in 1992)Ģ010 Marzocchi back on the World Cup Scene A VISIT TO BOLOGNA Last summer Dirt visited the company out in Bologna, just half a mile down the road and about the same time as Rossi was in town to sign for Ducati. First UK World Cup winġ997 Bas de Bever Stellenbosch/Animal Team on Mister T/Corrado Herin World Cup Champion/Bomber girls debutġ999 Super T available.
Brief run down of the past fifteen years in terms of downhill:ġ996 Rob Warner wins Kaprun.
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