What is the most reasonably priced downhill fork

Question

i am trying to get a downhill fork to upgrade because i need more shock travel

Answer 1

I dont know the amount of travel you got now on your bike.  The longest travel fork for downhill is 203mm there is a Rock Shox boxxer racer fork for about 645 on jensonusa.com and speedgoat.com.  But you have to have a bike that can handle that much travel.  If your looking for a fork with 180mm of travel Marzocchi RC-3 is on sale at jensonusa.com.  Also jensonusa.com has Marzocchi 55 TST2 with 160mm of travel and sale which is a good price.  But with out knowing what you got now, and how much more travel you want, its hard to recommend a fork for you.  Just shop around and look.  Jensonusa.comm, wheelworld.com, pricepoint.com all have deals righ now on forks.

Answer 2

DHbiker is right...hard to recommend one for you without more information.  In addition to what he listed, I'll add that I've seen some older (new stock) Manitou Dorados for about $430 online.  

Also, you could think about a used fork....this is a good time to get them since people are switching to '09 forks or '08 closeouts.  If you shop smart, you can pick up a used fork in great condition for cheap.

Post back with more about your bike and usage and we can help more.   (Side note: if your bike isn't made for "more travel", this might be a bad and unsafe idea.  You really need to stick within the manufacturer's spec for how the bike was designed.)