it sounds fab, but the problem is, they always sound fab. the telescopic fork has been killed off more times than doctor who, leading links, elf front ends, telelever yamaha, honda, defazio, theeeyve all been the future, the replacement for tele forks, and yet, they arent. no matter how much funky billet they hang on there, when they test it back to back with the standard telescopics, the teles win every time, and by a considerable margin. i have to say, having ridden with teles, rwu and usd, leading links, trailing links, girders, and telelever, that the bmw system fitted to their boxers is perhaps the closest to beating the norm of telescopic forks. they feel quite unlike anything ive ever ridden, certainly better than tele forks, but even thats not enough, bmw themselves have reverted back to 'normal' tele forks in their latest bikes. so, we shall see if theyre ever going to go anywhere, or if theyre destined to be consigned to the long list of nearly but not quite good enough.
