I have T.Foale's book: he proved (in an era where computer simulations where not an option and understanding of bike physics far more limited than today) that you can have a stable behavior without any rake. I also have a research paper that proves that you can have a stable behavior without any rake nor trail. So what ? As I already told you, the rake also have other effects on the bike handling beside pure stability considerations.
Other effects like what, for example? Judging by the experiments, apart from the braking issue, which can be easily alleviated probably by simply making a purpose built bike instead of modifying an existing one, I don't see any problem with having very little rake at all. It wasn't just a couple of experiments, they put the bike through several thousands of kilometers of varying road conditions. Old or not, that sounds like a good proof of concept to me.
I clearly said that I'm not satisfied with explanations like the one you just mentioned or like "rake and trail help with the stability".
And I told you you can find a lot more details on that in the book.
Call me lazy, but I'm not gonna do a summary of 100+ pages just for your own pleasure.
I'm sure I can find a lot more details in different books, but I'm not exactly making another bike sim at the moment, which would justify buying the book. And I suspect you are not making one either (to be honest, I'm surprised).
If you have to make a summary of 100+ pages, that means you don't really remember what was written on these pages. I might theoretically not find the information I'm looking for there. At the end of the day, your pointing out to a book is not very helpful, Max.
Also, if I'm being asked a question, I usually try to answer it to the best of my knowledge. And if I point to a resource, it's only to back up my answer, not to brush off the one asking the question instead of giving an answer.
If you cannot tell me in your own words what does the rake do, what's the point in your having read that book then (and pointing me to it)?
Oh well, whatever. I think I recall the past discussions with you a bit better now. Bye.
And I remember you sitting on a lower horse back then. Maybe a good time to start treating other people as sentient species once again?