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Perhaps I speak blasphemy But I never put a lot of credence in wheel flop/frame drop. I have thought about this since the late 1970s and always felt that the amount of real life steering angle amounts to very little flop, even given a high flop geometry. Given that most steering angles are only a few degrees from straight ahead yet to see much frame drop requires significantly more steering angle I just don't see the importance of flop as a design goal.
Now if we're talking about CG and leverage we have another discussion. Andy.