This is an update to my earlier review from Aug 06. I brought the fork to the Marz tent at the sea otter in 07 and they did a rebuild of the fork and had me swap out one of the stock springs for a heavy spring. This changed the sag of the fork and the spring rate and allowed me to run less compression damping and still not bottom the fork too easy.
It now rides much plusher and takes small bumps way better than before. I can now ride high speed trails and the fork tracks better and I can still do big drops and the landings are like butter. So now I am happy with my fork finally but it's really a shame that it took so long to get it right. Marz is seriously lacking in the setup guide/ manual department. It should not be so hard to get a fork setup right.
And to top it all off they do not sell single springs so I had to buy 2 heavy springs and have one just laying around. Thanks to Ronnie at the Sea otter for helping me get my fork right. This fork is terrific i've used it for over several years and it rarely requires a service.
It has taken numerous drops to flat as well as gaps in excess of 35ft and still it craves more. The only real downside I could forsee is the adjustments are fairly intimidating at first as there are so many, but as soon as you find the right setting their golden. I really don't know what this 'simon huckster' person is talking about. If he really knew what he was talking about he would realize that the 888 is a STRONGER fork than a boxxer. Boxxers are intended for racing (DH) hence their lighter weight and realtively slimer build (32mm stanchions, slim crowns, thinner lowers, and use air in some models) By the way there have been many reported cases of boxxers snapping as their lowers are realitively thin as they are not intended for purely freeride. 888's however are built for freeride which is why they are realitively heavy when compared to the boxxers (35mm stanchions, beefy crowns, coil sprung etc.) This fork has been designed and made for hucking.
Marzocchi's big-hit single-crown forks have undergone a big revamp for 06, with the RC2X at the top of the tree. Cycling Plus is the manual for the modern road cyclist. Marzocchi 66 RC2X.
If you want a fork that will take a beating and then some while staying in one piece this is the fork for you. If you want to have confidence while hitting that huge gap BUY THIS FORK.
You can see the difference in the crown height; black ones are 05 and white ones are 06; probably 15-20mm lower crown. But, just had a look on google and maybe you can do it. Take your top caps off and there should be a spacer (shown in red below); this needs to go underneath the cartridge (shown in black below) under the rebound spring. If the spacer isn’t ontop of the spring when you remove the top cap, it could be below the spring so you’ll need to tip the forks to get it out (do it over a jug to catch the oil). I’ve had this before (on 05 forks). I also appreciate the image is for MY2005 forks, but it was linked on a forum stating it can be done with 06 forks.