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NP, it's effectively the same as stock. All the same h/w is used, the shaft is just offset in the steering head is all. I don't baby my bike... believe me, it's just as much go as for show. As someone already stated, it's the same as raking the neck.
Are the pictures of your Night Train with the 3 degree cups ? and did you use the stock Fork Tube Length.
I run the Vulcan raked cups on my 2007 FXST. Started with 4 over fork tubes and now have installed 6 but am yet to ride it in that configuration. With the 4 over trail was dead on and it handled really well.