What I'm suggesting here is that after you've initially pushed the bar to initiate the bikes change of direction, the rotated position of the bars does not change during the turn, therefor during the transition from full left to full right lean the bars are pretty much static, and unaffected by the damper. Also I don't think the damper has any significant resistance compared to the force fed back from the road - Lift your front wheel clear of the floor and see how little effort it takes to turn the bars, even with the damper wound up, this doesn't change when the bike is in motion does it?
What I'm trying to achieve is less effort in turning the bike from side to side, which proved to be hard work at Silverstone through those 5 consecutive changes starting at Maggots, and I'm still convinced that the stiffness of the damper has very little effect on turning speed. Yes, the handlebar input has more resistance, but the duration of rotation is so brief that I consider it irrelevant. Also, any resistance given by the damper is only a small percentage of that given by the bikes own natural desire to straighten itself - especially at speed. So when you consider the reduced effort you need as a result of the geometry change it's LESS effort overall.
Although I'm nowhere near your level of expertise shazaam, I too studied aerodynamics, and now teach it at grass root level to Air Cadets, so I don't need any convincing that caution needs to be exercised here! I never meant to suggest otherwise, only that it's not noticable to me with the way I ride on the road. I do look forward to taking it to the track where the change should be much more noticable.
Roll on Cadwell/Rockingham/Lydd/etc....
