Good discussion, Frank. I've been asked questions about this before. The key item people seem not to get, though it is pretty simple when you look at the geometry, is that "rake" reduces trail. That is its purpose. Steep-angled bikes have less rake because the trail is lower already. That correlation makes people erroneously conclude that less rake makes the steering faster. But if you were to swap forks to one with less rake it would steer more slowly.