by all accounts the handling characteristics are very different to a normally sprung bike , I remember Ron Haslam on the Elf Honda in the 80's he kept grounding the front swingarm and crashing , hopefully that wont be a problem , I doubt it'll win anything this year but maybe in a year or 2 when the team and the rider have ironed out all its teething problems it will do well enough to prove the tech viable , I hope so as I think it looks wonderful .