I see your point WD. When Suzuki originally designed this bike it was aimed at a particular demographic market....it was also designed in Japan where everybody is 5'2" & 120 lbs ( except Sumo wrestlers and some politicians) The ergonomics of this bike prove that...anyone over 5"8" and 175 lbs has problems with the riding position myself included. I don't think it would be too much trouble for Suzuki to take a look at the market they intended the bike for and who is ACTUALLY buying it and make some ergonomic adjustments. This is what I meant by Suzuki getting the hint. Just the other day I read a post from a 6 foot plus gentleman who sold his Savage & bought a Harley for just the reasons I am repeating here.
The very first thing I changed on my Savage was the seat...found on ebay a seat from a Suzuki S50 Boulevard (800cc V-twin) for $50.00 and free S&H
Suzuki doesn't need new tooling to put a different seat on this bike...they have several seats that are better and available on some of their models. Moving the foot pegs forward doesn't cost anything either. If Harley can put a nice sounding muffler on a bike why can't Suzuki? Why should that cost Suzuki more? I am a parts manufacturer myself and it does NOT cost me any more in time and materials to manufacture a part that is right than it does to make a wrong one.
Don't get me wrong....I LOVE my Savage but it surprises me when I see Suzuki has the potential to sell a lot more of these bikes if the made a few simple changes. I for one would like to see more of these bikes on the road.
if Suzuki was to make the fixes I suggested here then folks like me who are never satisfied and love to tinker with our bikes would have to find something else to complain about