I am 1.94m so fully sympathise. I considered cruisers but after sitting on and riding a few found them too cramped. You can get big cruisers but any of the LAMS ones I tried were a bit short of room. I think the Yamaha might be your best bet if you were set on that style of bike.
You may well find the sport bike tuck a bit restrictive as well, its no coincidence that a lot of the competitive riders are not the tallest blokes and lasses!
My first two bikes were BMW F650s. I tried the DR650 which was good but I found the seat a bit of a pain and I felt much more exposed on what I thought was a more minimalist design. I found the KLR650 to be a good fit and more comfy than the zoomzuki, they are probably amongst the tallest bikes. Excellent machines but at the time most were outside the price range I was working with. I REALLY liked the DL650 LAMS bike but you are into a brand new machine, you didnt mention budget?
I thoroughly enjoyed my F650s, yes the price of parts can be eye watering but they are very well put together, its not like you are buying parts every week. (I would suggest if you are, the price of the parts is irrelevant, you want rid of that bike!)
I, like the rest of the KB world, will tell you what worked for me bike-wise, I would suggest thats of limited value, you are better looking for advice and learning how to best figure out what works for you not which model of bike to go looking for.
For example, do you intend to hang on to your purchase for a while or do you envisage moving on to something else quickly? To be honest if you are new to riding (as I was) then buying a new or newer bike as a first one is not in my opinion a good idea. For sure sitting on a bike or even taking it for a test ride is really important but you actually need to spend significant saddle time on the thing to let you figure out what works for you. At the start you are learning to ride, period, the foibles of the bike are a secondary concern. I moved on to a sport tourer after having two dual purpose bikes and taking EVERY opportunity to try other sizes and styles of bikes along the way. (One afternoon saw me on A Ducati MTS650, a Honda Deauville 650, a Honda CB500R, a BMW G650 and a BMW R650, on other days I was on Intruders, Ninjas, Hornets, VStroms, Dragstars and even a Spyder amongst others!) I found it useful to have a bike I was very familiar with, even with its faults and use that for comparison to other machines. Then I found the bike which ticked as many of my boxes as possible and I didn't take a huge financial hit on my learner bike. If the first thing you have to do with a bike is get it customised to fit you I am not sure thats the best way to start out what should be a beautiful relationship 
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