Modern Vespa

Put my foot out and down in slow moving traffic, catch my sole on something and my ankle gets ricocheted into the kick stand loop. Ouch! Twice.

Your feet should be on the floor boards unless you are stopped.
I don't even put my feet down at stop signs, I just stop, look and go.

You should be able to ride at a slow walking pace without putting your feet down. If you can't practice, practice, practice.

The loop is very soft metal - you can bend it up so it hardly sticks out at all, but can still be deployed with ease.

Get a vintage...can't tell you how many times I have whacked my ankle on my kick start.

I bruised my ankle bone swinging my leg over the XMAX last week, smacked the grab handle end, it's blunt and smooth still made me bleed and swear a lot.

Yes, I've noticed that side stands on a few scoots (at least) are in a position to twist legs. I work to keep my feet up or out and not straight down, to avoid this problem.

I think I only had to whack my ankle about a dozen times before I learned where to position my foot so that wouldn't happen.

Here in Texas, a "legal stop" is: full stop, two feet down. On our island, where the roads are privately owned by our homeowners association, I do the stop and roll without putting my feet down thing.

Watching drivers here, running a stop sign or blowing through a red light (with maybe a bit of a slow-down) seems to be OK... but not putting both feet down will get you a ticket.

I would love to fight that in court while riding an MP3. Stop at stop sign for 1 minute in front of a cop not putting my feet down and then go and take it to court. Bet I would win with a good laywer.
Hell I would like to taken them to count on any bike that I stop completely and don't put my feet down.
When I win the Lottery

Open Websters dictionary and read the definition of STOP.

stop
/stäp/Submit
verb
1.
(of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen.
"his laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun"
synonyms: conclude, come to an end/stop/standstill, cease, end, finish, draw to a close, be over, terminate; More
2.
cause (an action, process, or event) to come to an end.
"this harassment has got to be stopped"
synonyms: put an end/stop/halt to, bring to an end/stop/halt/close/standstill, end, halt; More
noun
1.
a cessation of movement or operation.
"all business came to a stop"
synonyms: halt, end, finish, close, standstill; More
2.
a set of organ pipes of a particular tone and range of pitch.

With this invention we can all be superheroes at the stop sign! (link to video)

However if the regulations state that the operator of a PTW MUST have both feet on the ground at a stop then you better have a really good lawyer. Hell I'm not saying I don't stop without putting my feet on any of my bikes. I'm just sayin' that some jurisdictions have their own way of doing things and will nail you for breaking said regulation.

Spread your legs.

But I hardly know you.

Yeah yeah, they all say that.

Paul

Leg spreading? It is like spreading butter on toast. One can do it with a credit card but using a knife is easier.

Aha

I put a harley side stand on mine,no problems
Older guy