My dad has the same bike as you. He's 44 and picked that over the zx12r, and the Buell series bikes. The Buell's were just way to compact and my mom kept telling him he's too old for a sportbike. I have a feeling he's gonna have the 12r next year, I know deep down he wants to get rid of that 1200C and get a real bike again. I can barely keep him off my 9r.