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Progressive wound springs have the benifit of being pretty plush for part of their stroke, and firming up as you get them more compressed. The racer/go-faster mentality doesn't like this because it's too variable under stress(soft in one part of the stroke, stiffer in another). A constant wound spring means you get the same rate all the time, and then you adjust compression and rebound with clickers. Since the RS doesn't come with sophisticated enough suspension your choice there is to get the Race Tech cartridge emulators, or similar product. But they can't be externally adjusted. I've seen a few guys on the Sprint ST/RS mailing list I'm on who were very happy with just changing the spring rates in their forks. Can't recall if progressive or straight wound ever came up, though. Sorry.
In the end it all depends on how you ride. If you don't do trackdays and don't ride real agressive, the progressives will probably be fine. I haven't felt progressive springs since my air cooled BMW days of the early-to-mid 90's. Seemed OK at the time. They will certainly be nice for commuting and touring duty.
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