Pete
I'm 6'3" and used to weigh 17.5 stone (been on a diet) and also have a wrist that has been smashed to pieces with limited movement.
My 996 is fitted with helibars which make a huge difference, higher screen, essential to avoid windblast, and a technosel foam seat.
Apart from cramped legs at the end of a long day, i happily leave the Multistrada at home and take the 996 to Europe.
maybe the old beer belly helped support on long trips, i'll find out soon
Not as comfy as a tourer on autoroutes, but we try and avoid them and ride the more fun roads, and still manage to walk to the bar at the end of a full days riding.
You're not a million miles away in Burton on Trent so you could always try mine for size sometime if that helps.
[Edited on 22-4-2005 by BDG]