hi there
if your front end has 3.5 inches of trail with your raked trees and you put a leading link on and it has 3.5" of trail it should steer the same...
I would have trail checked and see how much trail you have and go from there,, you may spend money on leading link for no improvement with out doing some leg work you wont know. sometimes a little wider handlebars make the difference,,, just say'n
magoo