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no, a longer rake will slow down the steering. If you take it to an extreme and have something that looked like a chopper then the steering becomes like pushing a wheel barrow where leaning does more than turning the bars. Likewise at the other extreme, if you have no rake at all just a straight line up from the wheel to the bars then it will turn on the stop, but if you try and go at speed it will be incredibly twitchy.
Sumo-
no, a longer rake will slow down the steering.
Longer rake = shorter trail = quicker steering.
Shorter rake = longer trail = slower steering.
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a longer rake will slow down the steering
Quoted for preposterity.
More rake (fork offset) means less trail which means quicker steering response and less stability.
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So, as I was saying...
edscoble
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Longer rake = more twitchy though?