Youve concurred with excatly what I was eluding to with two key points 1) monotonous process ( actually frustrating ) and 2) ''tend to shy away from at the track'' ...which means very often the spring rate you have raced on might not actually be ideal.
With respect to fitting an Ohlins top cap its also about the boss on top of the main cartridge rod. Not impossible but it would be a nasty job. The specific Ohlins 125cc road race forks have this quick change system, these forks are available at $5999 incl. Before there are howls about the price from certain quarters pricing new RS125 ones would be an interesting exercise.
One other thing that I failed to previously mention is that you absolutely do not have to remove the forks to change the springs or to use a cumbersome and fiddly to use spring changer manipulated down the length of the fork leg.
Products designed by engineers rather than accountants normally are nicer to work with! Those that have actually changed springs in Ohlins racing cartridges or have closely viewed the whole exercise will know exactly what I am talking about. If during the Nationals we were still using products that still employ the standard oem top caps we would have been frustrated to hell about it. The real world value of those caps cannot be underestimated.
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