Loading your bike properly so you don't induce shimmy in the first place is a better, simpler idea.

The VO FWS is intended to prevent the wheel from flopping around when bike is stationary and banging the bar end into TT, etc. The problem is the spring is not really strong enough to prevent this, which is why it breaks. Tout Terrain has a more elegant solution for this "problem":



http://www.en.tout-terrain.de/bicycl...d-silkroad-gt/

An effective and less costly solution is to simply tie the wheel in place to the DT, using a bungee hooked over DT to spokes, or a reflective pants leg strap (#7), or just a piece of cord. Also you can park-brake the front wheel with cord/string/o-ring/rubber band/bandanna over the brake lever and bar. Combine the parking-brake with the jury-rigged wheel stabilizer and that bike is going nowhere. This also eliminates the need for a kick stand, another thing you don't really need on a touring bike.