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Bit late but, Yes, all of what Matt says is true.
Its comfy, the internal routing and dynamo connectors are tidy and work well, its got lots of bosses and most importantly, I haven't broken mine.
I was once hit head on by a nodder on Q1 who was on the wrong side of the bollards. His forks and headtube folded in. My bike was grand because he hit the fork dropout head on. It just left a small mark. I nearly left a small mark on him.
Any way CSB and all that
Its a great, comfy fork
Ecobeard
Mg fork is a homage to my BMW gangsta of many years ago. It has no compliance in and of itself, but with higher volume road tyres it is a comfortable ride. (@Ecobeard can attest). This goes to show the benefits of tyre choice, not my frame building prowess.
It weighs a tonne, it takes a horrendous amount of time to make, but...
For almost all applications there is a carbon fork that will work, the only time this isn't true is dynamos. We were going to make our own carbon fork, but the move stole all. Our money...