Perhaps everyone on this forum is biased.......just maybe. Sure the RC is uncomfortable.....but so are the rest of the sportbikes. What the RC does have that not all sportbikes have is boat loads of torque everywhere, which should work nicely for your size (oh yeah, and it has that thing called soul). And depending on where you live in NORCAL, you do not have to drive too far to find nice twisties........should i say Stewart's Point Skagg's Spring's Road? (Seriously jealous of the riding in Cali.) In the end, if you like the RC, go for it. I have had all kinds of I4's, from liter bikes to 600's, but the RC is
the most fun.