from MXA: DESCRIPTION: It may seem strange, but the king of fork shootouts is the oldest. Introduced for the 2006 models, Kayaba’s SSS forks have owned the racetracks of America for the last eight years. The last Yamaha forks before SSS were the 2005 Showaba AOSS forks, and those forks are ancient history, but SSS forks are still with us. Yes, the SSS forks have been updated over the years, but not enough to make anyone consider them to be cutting edge. SSS stands for “Speed Sensitive Damping,” which Yamaha defines as a fork that is “90 percent reliant on the speed of the fork’s movement” and only 10 percent metered by the position of the fork piston during its stroke. To tell the truth, the SSS hyperbole doesn’t mean much, because these are basically old-school forks that get their greatness from solid fluid dynamics and superb testing.
David Knight is now (back) on a Gas-Gas 300. I know he's "retired" but Big Dave is another top tier guy on Gas-Gas. He says he will do select 2018 events for fun. Maybe with Taddy making a strong comeback........Knighter may get fired up. Steve Hatch is now on Gas-Gas trials and Moto. Gio Sala Gas-Gas enduro team manager ( I'm a fan boy of Gio) Johnny Aubert team rider vet ( I'm sure R&D to) R&D in this case--Race and Devel (me fan) Danny McCanney team rider - the kid of the team Christophe Nambotin team rider vet (I'm sure R&D too) (me fan) Noah Kepple ("our" local fast guy/pro/endurocross racer)
Sadly the GG rep is going to come pry it out of my hands here in about 30 minutes!!! I'm seriously considering buying one even though I don't need a bike (have a fleet of bikes to choose from). I love this machine and REALLY going to miss it.
