WOW!!!! The fork is simply amazing!!!!! I had to kinda retrain myself on the cornering characteristics since I was riding an 888 all last summer. It was so nice having the plushness on the smaller bumps that I lost on the 888. The fork felt bottomless and actually was much stiffer than I originally anticipated. I'm starting to adjust to the 2.5lb weight addition, its defiantly not as noticeable while riding opposed to lifting it up onto the truck. In combination with the rear Avy, the bike now feels perfectly balanced and solid. I was making comments to one of my buddies on how the fork was performing and how amazed I was with it and he needed to try it out. He said he loved his Shiver and how it performed and didn't think there would be a big performance difference between the two. Well at the end of the day, I stopped halfway down one of the rockier sections on our last run and told him to ride my bike the rest of the way. His comment when we switched bikes back was.............. I thought my Shiver was great, this fork blows it away.