THE BIG QUESTION WHY DO ALTERNATIVE FRONT SUSPENSIONS STAY MOSTLY ALTERNATIVE AS THE TELESCOPIC FORK PREVAILS?

摘要

After so many promising beginnings by chassis innovators, why has it taken so long for a non-telescopic front end to reach a mass market? BMW's Telelever (derived from the Saxon-Motodd suspension), combining telescopic fork legs with an A-arm, arrived in 1994 but has had only limited use. When suspension of the highest performance was required for that company's S1000RR sportbike, a conventional (but highly refined) telescopic fork was chosen. When Dorna created Moto2, a "torrent of chassis innovation" was predicted, but only a "conformity of success" has resulted.