Are these reeds bad?

Maybe you could try flipping them over? I've tried this before and had them look the same tho...I'd think they are fine. More important, check for any signs of fraying at the tips. if anything less than perfect, replace them.

In my experience, those are bad. Light = bad.

Additionally, I personally feel flipping them over = bad idea as well. Reeds have a finite life (fatigue life = dominating factor here, not strength). The light you see is caused by microfractures that have led to permanent deformation in the direction of the outmost physical position the reeds were bent to (they are bowed out). Flipping them over only serves to break them quicker. Think of it like fatiguing a wire to fracture/failure by bending it side-to-side repeatedly - full swings. In the case of reeds, their application is to bend in 1 direction - and they last a loooong time as a result. Flipping them over is just bending them in the opposite direction, but this time the back side is already fatigued/worn out/microfractured.

Don't play with fire (breakage), just replace them. You're already in there - so just refresh them and move on.

Lastly, FWIW - the symptoms I recall with reeds like that was boggy, non-crisp performance and fouling plugs.

This is directly from the Vforce website:

“... what exactly is an “acceptable gap”? If you can slide a piece of paper into the gap, that is perfectly acceptable. However if you can slide a credit card into the gap, that is unacceptable”

https://store.mototassinari.com/index.php/vforce-faqs

Good luck!