Marzocci Shocks

I wouldn't mind a set of these Marzocchis for my bike.


Yes, they are for motorcycles.

Noice! I want some too...

Theres another pair of the older rear shocks on ebay. Question I have is changing the connection type on the shocks. The ones on ebay are the read ones from a Suzuki. They use the shackle (U-shaped) attachment on one end which makes me wonder how hard they would be to adapt.

KawiConvert wrote:

Theres another pair of the older rear shocks on ebay. Question I have is changing the connection type on the shocks. The ones on ebay are the read ones from a Suzuki. They use the shackle (U-shaped) attachment on one end which makes me wonder how hard they would be to adapt.

You can get a total rebuild kit for them and any part you need from the manufacture. On the GS forum there is a guy that took the Kaw setup(eye to eye) and replaced one eye with the clevice style and fliped it upside down. But if they are made with the clevis on the bottom casting that might be a little different. The other way around that would be to fit the bike with an aluminum swingarm from the GS1100.

parkingpuckguy wrote:

I wouldn't mind a set of these Marzocchis for my bike.

Yes, they are for motorcycles.

Now that is trick

Kawickrice wrote:

KawiConvert wrote:

Theres another pair of the older rear shocks on ebay. Question I have is changing the connection type on the shocks. The ones on ebay are the read ones from a Suzuki. They use the shackle (U-shaped) attachment on one end which makes me wonder how hard they would be to adapt.

You can get a total rebuild kit for them and any part you need from the manufacture. On the GS forum there is a guy that took the Kaw setup(eye to eye) and replaced one eye with the clevice style and fliped it upside down. But if they are made with the clevis on the bottom casting that might be a little different. The other way around that would be to fit the bike with an aluminum swingarm from the GS1100.

Which side is the bottom? Reservoir side? If so, I think it is cast into the reservoir. Maybe do a swingarm swap and weld on some mounts to fit.

I just picked these Marzocchi shocks up for $35 dollars I thought they would look good on my bike. Are they good quality? Any information would be helpful...Russ

I think its on backwards, Maybe not, but I have seen the older reservoir shocks with the reservoir on the back side.

KawiConvert wrote:

I think its on backwards, Maybe not, but I have seen the older reservoir shocks with the reservoir on the back side.

I think you are correct. That is not my bike. It is the one they came off of....Russ

I'm wondering the same about a pair of Showa's I picked up. Like the ones in the link, they are off of an early 80's Honda Magna .

Russ Jackson wrote:

I just picked these Marzocchi shocks up for $35 dollars I thought they would look good on my bike. Are they good quality? Any information would be helpful...Russ

Are these mounted correct or are they backwards. I say backwards. Also are they a good product?...Russ

From what has been discussed, they sound decent, not as good as new stuff, but probably worth rebuilding.