i thought it was pretty well known that vivalo lost their njs certification for building ****ty forks.

oh look google gave me a link:
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...-certification

njs doesn't mean it's a super high quality part, but it does mean that it's regulated in some way and is likely a safe part to use. it does show that the item may be good quality, but it doesn't mean it's fast and should be used in high level non-keirin track racing (that's where most people get mixed up imo)