RigidChop, are you sure you aren't riding it like the famous drunken cowboy? The guy who came out of the bar, got on his horse and discovered someone had cut of its head, so he rode all the way home with his finger stuck in the windpipe to keep it from bleeding to death?
That would make it a little uncomfortable.
Maybe its a matter of experience. This is my first bike in many years. I haven't any larger ones as a frame of reference. I wouldn't mind some highway pegs, but since changing the seat, I'm not stiff or sore when I climb off the thing. I just love this bike. I'm afraid I'm going to wear it out.