I dont think so, but I would recommend some forward controls at the very least.  I think ur legs will be cramped unless u buy some.

With forward controls you'll be fine, but they're another five hundred bucks if you buy commercial ones.  If you leave it as is, you'll have to decide how it feels to you. I assume you're sitting on it at the dealer's showroom and comparing how it feels and how you fit compared to other bikes around. I posted here somewhere the ergo comparisons between the Savage, and a new harley dyno and a honda vtx1300. The savage ergos are less scrunched than the $12,000 harley.  

Personally, I'm 6'0" and I don't feel cramped at all and don't feel the need for forward controls. But I don't have particularly long legs, either. 32-33 inche inseam. Depends how you prefer to ride and sit.

Well, I'm 5' 9" and it fits great.  I'm with most of the others here though that at 6' 2", you may feel cramped without the forward controls (or changing to a solo seat and moving it back a bit).  Only you can tell for sure though.

My dad has a Honda Shadow VLX, and I have a Savage.  So to compare with that one, since I read that you've had one of those:

The Savage seems to be a more relaxed position, although the VLX seems a little bit roomier.  The Honda (at least the 2 carb model) moves down the highway a little more easily than the Savage, but the Savage is far superior to the VLX in twisties and turns.  It's also a good bit lighter.  The Savage is easier to maintain, with less to worry about tghan the Honda.  Gas mileage is almost the same (we usually hit reserve within 1/2 a mile of each other).  The vibration is more noticable on the Savage, but that's to be expected form a big single.  

The S40 has different bars than the buckhorns on the Ssavage, and the seat is a bit flatter seeming to me.  I think the S40 would be better for a taller person than an LS650P like mine, but that's conjecture as I'm not particularly tall.  I've packed enough stuff on it to get me well over the 210lb point, and carried passengers that weighed a good big more than I, and it's handled everything well.  

I don't think you'd be dissatisfied with the S40.  True, you may decide to make some modifications.  But we all have.  That's the joy of the Savage, is that it is so easily modified and customized to each person's tastes.  I bought a C50 recently for longer trips, but I still ride the Savage every chance I get, and my dad asks to ride it a good bit as well.  

It's a good bike.  Hopefully a little comparision to the Honda Shadow 600 will be helpful for ya.  The bottom line is that it's your bike, and if something doesn't work for you, then it doesn't work for you.  That's why there's so many bikes.  Personally, I'd still buy the Savage/S40 over the VLX, even after riding them both.  

Happy Riding.

I'm 6'1" and ride a '97 Savage.  I raised the seat height by the simple seat mod detailed elsewhere on this site - its not much more than four new longer bolts, some spacers for which I used a stack of washers all wrapped up in black insulating tape, and half an hour of fettling.  So easy and a real improvement.  I presume the seat mounts are the same for the S40 so it'll still work for you.

My next step will be to change to flatter bars - 1" Harley drag bars fit the bill  - to pitch me forward a shade and get the weight off my coccyx.

On longer rides I take a few minutes relief by sliding up back on to the pillion pad thus effecting an instant change to dirt bike stance.

Discomfort, always within bearable limits, is felt either in my upper thighs or lower back.  The more I ride the less I feel it.  I did about 115km/70miles on Monday and at no time was I uncomfortable, whereas when I started riding a year ago that would have been unthinkable.

Thanks again for the input, I hope to go talk to hte dealer today.

Luckyeddy:
I personally can't imagine anyone over 5'8" being comfortable on a savage. The savage is a great bike for smaller or new riders, neither of which applies to you. I'm 5'4" 120 lbs and the bike fits like a glove and pulls my weight no problem, stick my wife (roughly same height and weight ) on the back and the savage still pulls, but I worry about travelling too far like that. I've seen pics of larger people on the savage and they just look so awkward, like they're riding a minibike or something. If I were a bigger man I would most definitely buy a bigger bike.