Oh crap...really? Where are they large...in the legs, perhaps? Please don't say in the waist!
I just ordered a pair for touring (when I don't want to be walking around in lycra) and I ordered up a size because they 'look' small!
I bought smalls and had to return them. I'm normally a size 4-6. Oh, I could almost take them off without unfastening the waist. I don't mind lowriders, but the rear view would have been rather grim.