I like the Rockster. The only color I'd have a hard time digesting is the green and black. I came very close to buying a R1150R as my first bike back riding again, after about 17 years. Ended up going with a F650GS Dakar ABS partly because of the .9% financing BMW offered back then also. Loved looking at the note and seeing only $6.95 in interest.
I thought that was the most funky (and not necessarily good funky) thing I'd ever seen when I first looked at it but it really grew on me. I got more compliments on that bike than any of the three bikes I've owned over the last four years. People would roll down their windows and ask me questions, kids gawked at it, girls seemed to go for it. Except one who told me, "that's not a motorcycle". Guess it didn't have enough chrome on it.
Anyway, turned out to be a great bike for the city with all the crappy roads and what not. It could do five hours touring in a day and leave you no worse for wear. If you saw a bumpy dirt/gravel/fire road it wasn't off limits. All and all a really good motorcycle. The only time I got really pissed was when I had it up to about 105 mph and an Escort started to pull away from me. Nope, didn't like that.