I know a tippy toe rider and he dropped it when he stopped and the pavement was a few inches lower on one side and that was it, down he went. If you can't at least partial flat foot when stopped you will eventually find that low spot somewhere

 

I see short women having to tippey toe alot around here. Had one woman tell me she looks for the lowest spot in her lane before she stops, guess she never has to make quick stops.

 

They sell "platform boot" ya know!!

 

The need to flat-foot is a very Harley and cruiser-centric requirement. Metric (including European) bikes of the 60s 70s and 80s had relatively high seats and unless you were somewhat tall, you weren't flat-footed. However, these bikes were relatively light compared to a Harley. Today's adventure bikes with their long-travel suspensions can't be flat-footed unless you are north of 6' tall. In addition, they are not necessarily light with unladen weights of close to 600 lbs and very high centers of gravity.

 

That's nuts. You can handle a bike just fine without being flatfooted at a stop. The bike does balance very well on it's tires. You're only keeping it centered.

 

Actually I've been thinking about removing the lowering blocks.

Guess I've been getting lucky for the last 30 years. Not saying that I've never laid a bike over, I have a few times, my height had nothing to do with it.

 

I have both feet flat on the ground when I'm stopped. Saw a rider on a BMW once that could only get tippy-toed on one side, he didn't have enough inseam to get both feet down. He actualy had to move left in the saddle to get a good footing. I thought "now there's a bike that will be on it's side sooner or later".

 

Wearing slim touring boots, I can't flatfoot my Super Glide. No trouble at all, on the street. Have had to ease it down 6 times! on badly cambered/rutted dirt roads because of a heavy load of camping gear. Nor will I lower it and destroy the ride and handling and ground clearance. Instead I'll be switching to a lower/narrower Street Bob solo seat that Mean City modified for me.

 

I wonder if she rides in the rain. I know around here some of the streets are so uneven in places that when it rains the street appears level... until you put your foot down in a rut 6 inches full of water.

 

I can't sit flat footed on my FXRT and i'm 6'2". Not a problem for me.