I dont think they will
The 796 forks are a bit poop.
I spoke with Maxton recently and they said you can do various things with them, but by far the best thing is to get the bottoms machined
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The forks on the Monster 796 are Marzocchi upside down forks, they are basically a
cheap pair of upside down forks. Internally they are set up with the spring, rebound
damping and compression damping in one leg and only a spring (with no damping)
in the other leg.
The forks have a lot compression damping, especially when they move a small
distance - over little bumps on the road. This shows itself by giving a very hard and
twitchy ride. The springs in the forks are actually too soft so the bike dives a bit under
braking. The Monster 796 forks also spring back at you when you let go of the brake,
this is because there is not enough rebound damping. A lot of people also describe
the front as being "vague" and not getting much feedback from the front end, this is
a combination of the forks being over damped on compression and under damped
on rebound and under sprung. The forks are not adjustable for damping or preload
so there is nothing you can do to quickly try and improve the handling on the front
end.
Unfortunately the damping system fitted to this fork will never work. Because of its
design it will always either have too much compression damping or not enough
rebound damping. To cure the handling problems you need to replace the fork
internals so there is damping and springing in both legs. We recommend fitting our
GP20 cartridges to the fork sliders.
The GP20 cartridges are built to order so we valve and spring them to suit your rider
weight, what you use the bike for and to suit the weight of the bike. They have
springs, rebound damping and compression damping in both legs and are
externally adjustable for rebound damping. The GP20 cartridges cost £365.00 +
V.A.T per pair
To fit the GP20 cartridges you need to machine and modify one of the fork sliders.
Because the fork does not having damping originally, there is no hole in the bottom
of the fork to accept a cartridge. To machine a hole in the bottom slider costs
£80.00 + V.A.T. To service the forks with new seals and fit the GP20 cartridges to the
Ducati sliders cost an extra £140.00 + V.A.T.
The total cost to fit the GP20 cartridges to the Monster 796 fork sliders is £585.00 +
V.A.T per pair of forks.
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