suspension & brake technolgy are vasting improved from the 80’s to now.
it would be like comparing 1972 Dolphins to the current Patriots team.today’s players are stonger, faster, bigger.
Actually, what made Evel Knievel’s jump at Caesars Palace in 1967 so insane was that he did it with what amounted to a modified road bike. Today’s long jumps are usually done with essentially modified motorcross bikes, which have much longer suspension travel and better brakes.