Rear Marzocchi schock absorbers

Hogar

Hogar

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Hi guys

I need advice in building rear shock absorbers for my TS 1200. They are Marzocchi with air reservoir, after cleaning and changing all seals and O rings I need to fill the oil.
Can someone help which oil and volume?

Tx in advance :)
Igor
 
Hi Igor,
Take a look at this link. There's how to fillit up (volume), but I did not see a viscosity advice.


http://www.ducatimeccanica.com/marzocchi1.html


Cheers,
Jacques.
 
Hi Jacques
Many thanks for help, at least I know now the volume.  :D
Maybe someone knows type of oil, they were almost dry when I open them so can't compare new oil with what have find in there. :(

Best
Igor
 
redfox said:
Hi Igor,
Take a look at this link. There's how to fillit up (volume), but I did not see a viscosity advice.


http://www.ducatimeccanica.com/marzocchi1.html


Cheers,
Jacques.
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Hi Jacques and Igor

the internet makes this a very small world. If you check the link's origins on the Ducati site hosting the Marzocchi Strada shock manual you will see I supplied the electronic copy of that manual to my good friends Renee and Sue Water's who run that site.... :D

there has been a lot of debate over the years as to which weight oil to use in the shock rebuild. The consensus seems to be that it comes to down to personal preference. A 5 weight will give very light dampening, 10 weight will give more dampening, and some have gone with up to 30 weight to really increase damping. I wound up settling on 20 weight myself, but in truth I then took the shocks off and put them away in a box. No matter how carefully you rebuild them and set them up they are so primitive compared to current technology that unless you are really determined to maintain the vintage look that you will endure the limitations of the old Marzocchi's, you would be better off for hard riding purposes to fit a good modern pair of shocks.....

Paul LeClair
 
What Paul was really tring to say Igor was throw the fucking things away and buy some shocks that you wont need to rebuild every 500ks  ;)
 
Cosi said:
What Paul was really tring to say Igor was throw the fucking things away and buy some shocks that you wont need to rebuild every 500ks  ;)
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Hi guys
Yep, you are right, at least partly. My TS is totally original, up to the last single washer, with low mileage on the clock. So original washers come with original shock, this was the idea.  :D

I don?t know how she will look with new Ohlins thing? :P

Regards Igor
 
Cosi said:
What Paul was really tring to say Igor was throw the fucking things away and buy some shocks that you wont need to rebuild every 500ks  ;)
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thanks for the clarification, Cosi, and yes, that is exactly what I was trying to say, original or not........ :D

Paul LeClair
 
Generally I agree, but I would like to level a bit too. On my former RGS I had the original AG Strada, as you, and they were rebuilt after 70.000 km's. They worked fine at that point.
When I sold it, 7 years later, it had done 116.000 km's and they worked perfect.
No promblem what so ever.

Marzocchi AG Strada do not have to be that bad. And contrary to all the set of Koni's that later went on the RGS series type of frames, the Marzocchi's are not too short.

Personally I prefer them over a set of Koni (original Koni's, no copies). They actually work, and can be adjusted in springpreload and airpressure. Koni's can adjust springload and return dampening, but are a block of steel no matter what.

I now got a set of ?hlins (S36P) which is absolutely perfect. I just had then rebuilt to be S36PL instead, to raise the rear a bit, without affecting the springs or dampening.
Here in Denmark, they are cheaper than compared to say UK, Germany, Sweeden, France etc.
These dampers you can have built exactly for you, and there's a wide range of internal valves, springs, adapters (lengthwise), preload manual and hydraulic and so on to choose from.
And I don't have to send them abroad to have them rebuilt sometime in the future, but can have it done locally, 5 km's from where I live.

Hope it's of any good use to you.

Cheers,
Jacques.
 
I don?t know how she will look with new Ohlins thing?
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Wilburs come with silver and black bodies and black springs.  Classic looking and top quality.
 

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Reggie3cl said:
I don?t know how she will look with new Ohlins thing?
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Wilburs come with silver and black bodies and black springs.  Classic looking and top quality.
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I have them on Jota and on CB1300SA , have also dealer % by Wilbers and they are by my huble oppinion wery good .
Hogar / Igor knows that , he is our president from day one www.classic-racing.hr , but as an engineer hi wonts to build Marzos to work as Wilbers , must be some cinde of chalenge .
Mr. president welcome . ;)
 
I had Wolfgang supply a set of beautifully refurbed Stradas a few years ago..they worked ok, but then weeped oil, as he said they would! so I splashed out on some piggy back Wilburs...believe me, you wont be putting the Stradas back on, and I can hardly be bothered to fit the seal kit I have for them..
Nick7
 
Ouch guys, many tx for help, indeed! I really know what piece of s... they are (as I ride with them on my Triumph since I was student century ago), so from your posts I found volume and ticknes of oil I have to use! :)
On the end of a day, I will finish rebuild, knowing Wilburs or Ohlins will be better.
On the other hand (as my friend use to say) Anybody can ride a new motorcycle fast, but it takes a real skill and big balls to ride old motorcycle fast.  :D

Cheers
 
Send your shock lenghts and weight (you and the bike to Maxton) there next on team rufus shoping list. put the forks in as well cost around ?900 .
 
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