The change in the modified steering stem changes all of that, as the forks no longer behave in a manner biased toward the suspension suffering seizures. I have not seen enough good photos of the front end of John Surtees racer to see what was going on, but I have seen the footage of his crash. I feel the behavior of the Girdraulic's can surpass that of Brampton's in part because of the longer links, thus enabling more travel. The efficiency of the brakes will be increased because the front suspension is able to work fully and correctly, without the front wheel trying to stay jammed under the engine. If all the Girdraulic equipped Vincent's world wide were converted in this way, it would be a complete revelation......... In fact I would say, that if the factory had realized and fixed this back then, the other Hybrids like Norvin's and Egli's would not have existed, given their main existence was to improve handling. One of the reason's I wanted to build a twin racer based on a Vincent ONLY, and not a twin engine housed in another frame, was that I was certain that a genuine Vincent COULD be made to handle. Until I rode Neal's Comet the other day, even though my bike has the same set up, except my springs are still too hard.......Neal's Comet felt so different to ride, in all honesty if you were blindfolded, you would swear the bike had tele's up front. But please don't tell either of the Phil's I said that...........