I hear and understand you Opas Ride. I'm just a few ticks behind you @ 74 and having the same thoughts. The Scout is one of the 2 players in my plans to check out. The other is the 2018 Triumph Speedmaster which is also considerably lighter with a low seat and from what I've seen in pictures the foot controls are not extremely forward mounted. Actually pretty close to the F6B. My problem with either bike is that I have no dealers of either very close. 90 miles for the Scout, and over 100 for Triumphs. If you haven't seen the 2018 Speedmaster, take a look.