that topic was brought up, and according to him, it has something to do with the fact that the telescopic forks are independent of each other and react to things in that manner. (i could see that being good and bad) so thats why he went with the one he did. i started to glaze over while he was explaining it thinking to myself that i dont know that id be able to tell and who really cares, but if you ask him, he has a full explanation of it all. theres an email link on his site, im sure hed be happy to discuss it with someone who actually understands these things. i dont. amd you have to remember, hes not trying to build 10,000 of these things. it was a project or experiment more than anything else i think. todd was talking about how it doesnt finish corners well. so they decided he should get on the gas earlier when finishing a corner. and that apparently worked. it probably has to do with the steering geometry. like i said, i dont know anything about those things though. the thing does go fast though. and is super cool looking.
although, jb, your comment does remind me of bmw. you know they didnt go to telescopic forks til the 70's. (maybe 72??)
jc