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My fix was a bit more involved . I'm 5'11" but have a 34"inseam . I was never a fan of forward controls ,just didn't care for the way they looked ,so my only way around the problem , was to move my seat back. or up. I use a Mustang two place, stepped seat, made for a HD Sportster, some have used this and built a bracket that left a rather large gap between it and the frame rails , and I didn't much care for that look either. so I left the two lower mounting bolts for the rear fender in place ,but used longer bolts and spacers in the top two bolts , allowing the fender to tip down .This allowed the front of the seat to be placed at the same height as the stock seat ,leaving no gap , and the passenger area to conform to the curve of the rear fender, but clearance between the tire and fender needed to be restored by use of longer shocks ,I choose 11 1/2 "progressive shocks . the HD seat having a much longer front section allow my butt to move about 4"rearward , when I sit on the bike my thighs are level with the ground and my lower legs and feet fit comfortably on the pegs in their stock position. Advantages are no increase in seat height, better handling of the shocks , slightly increased ground clearance (I no longer scrape forward pegs) and slightly reduced steering neck angle . The disadvantage was the change in swingarm height , forcing me to relocate the passenger foot pegs 8 "forward to avoid the pegs hitting on the muffler , this turned out to be better for my passenger as her legs end up slightly forward ,rather than being tucked back near the shocks and on heavy bumps reduced the pegs from moving 3"to around 1'" as they were much closer to the pivot point of the swingarm. You can make the Savage fit you, and with a bit of planning , those changes can increase performance.
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