I don't know enough about the rp23 that I've just become an owner of on a new frame to give you info. You could get your existing float pushed by tf tuned to better suit you and the frame – i.e. more pro pedal.
My experience of single pivots against other linkage systems (dw & vpp) when riding some before buying my latest bike is that they need plenty of pro pedal if you like getting out of the saddle much – a trade off for a simple and easy to maintain frame I guess.
I've had a single pivot with a 2004 rpl shock with lock out before and wouldn't go back – you loose one of the benefits of owning a fs, namely the extra grip of active suspension on scrabbly uphill stuff. The idea of flicking in a heavy pro pedal mode is more appealing to me. Mine had a remote for the lockout (they might all have that) and I was forever flicking it on in descents which was unnerving. My mate has a superlight with your shock and doesn't find it an issue, but he is a spinner on the climbs and has a light touch.