Is that a '00 or a '96?

If you're tall enough to want forward controls you might be up for what I did to my bike. I replaced the seat with a V-Star saddle seat. It sits about you about 3" inches higher and shifts you back a couple inches overall. and it's so much more comfortable. I've logged two round trips to Miami, FL and one to NC from southern MN on that seat with nothing extra under me. There were a more than a few 500+ mile days and a couple over 600. I did get a saddle size gel pad, but the improvement is marginal except for some vibration dampening at highway speeds. Spent all that extra money and then tend to forget to pick it up on the way out the door.

You want comfort you've got to go wider for the seat in my opinion. I'm not a total porker, but even so there needs to be some support for more than just the boys and the butt-bone.

Jack

Well, I have tried throwing my feet up on the crash bar - its basically just like having your feet ont he pegs, but up higher.  My legs are still really bent, like a 90 degree angle while they are on the regular footpegs - I'm 6'3" and about 280.  Why yes, I do look like a knuckle dragger while I'm on the bike.    

It's a '96.  Have you posted any pics of the V-star saddle on your bike?  I'd like to see that.  Sounds like a great mod.

Well, since you're a rocker and all, you'll appreciate the kinda grunge look my bike's taken on over the last couple of years. Here it is before things started getting scratched, rubbed and and becoming lived on looking.

http://bikepics.com/members/jazzcarter/00savage/

I asked about the year because the previous owner had laid the bike down at one time. Top of one shock was bent and the tank didn't quite match the yellow of the 2k I had bought. When I saw your decal it matched my old stock tank.

Jack