The seat can be either positioned high or low, the bars can be brought back and up for touring mode, or low and forward for those 'sportier' moments. Hell, even the foot pegs are adjustable. This is real world motorcycling for the real world rider. The result means that it's a lot harder to flick from one peg to the other than one would find with a pure sports bike, but the chassis and suspension hold the line at all times, enabling a surprising amount of hero like manoeuvres and steep lean angles. Living with the RS for two weeks was easy.
Cold starts are immediate and choke free, thanks to a well thought out fuel injection system.
Oddly, at idle the engine sounds like a bag o' nails, but smoothes out as soon as the throttle is applied. Rubber mounting means that no vibration gets through to the rider. Dropping it down a gear and raising the revs usually helped but then took away that lazy cruising feel. Since most of my time was spent touring England in search of long lost friends and ageing relatives, the bike was left with the screen up and bars back. I once tried setting everything to sporty mode, but lost a lot of the comfort level without gaining any noticeable prowess.