I hear ya Bill. I'm 5'5" and wear boots. Even with the low seat I get the feet down flat, but there's not much extra for goof ups. The c50 can be a grunt to get back up when it's tilted too far. Thankfully I haven't hit the point of no return yet.

Id got tossed a time or two when i used to ride enduros hill climbing, jumping, chaseing cows ect. Been peachy on the S40...so far.

Had'nt got a good ride in for about 10 days, thought id take one yesterday.
Started off rough. Comeing out of my driveway i get two turkeys running across the driveway.(live in the woods)
Tap the front brake and hit the only loose gravel in the driveway, let off and recover.
Kinda get 'that feeling' that maybe it aint a good day to ride. Naahhh!
(I usualy listen to my 6th sense).

Ride on to moms and check on her and the girls, tell em im going for a decent ride.
(county repaved the road this summer and left the edge about 6-8 inchs high. I got a spot kinda sloped off i take the bike up.)
Started her up and popped her in gear like ive done so many times before. Front wheel over the edge then the back wheel.
About that time i seem to remember the bike dieing! POOF!
Try to get the right leg down, cant touch, bike goes over and i hit head first then the shoulder then the bike on top of me.
Well Cr@p! Im looking in the right mirror thinking well it didnt break off. Then i think gas leak and hot engine. Well double cr@p, legs pinned. Yank the foot out from under the bike, hop up grab the bars and seat and stand her up. 6ft 200lb farm boy so no problem there.

Check her out and i scratched up the lower side of the muffler, cant really see it. Bent the fricken front brake lever and spilled a lil gas. No lights broke off and no dents, got lucky...i cushoned the bikes fall!
Took it home, straightened the brake lever and checked her over again.
Then parked her! Should of listened to that lil voice!

Right forearm is a bit sore, left side of my neck and back of right shoulder is sorer then chit. Right side of my hard head is a bit touchy to where i hit. Didnt even scratch the helmet.
Guess you could call it a 10mph highside...lol
Odd thing is i busted the 'inside' lcd screen on my phone in its protective case. Outside screen and body aint got a scratch????
New phone now i guess.

Took a ride today to town, first couple miles was feeling every lil bump n rut in the road. Relaxed after that and started trying to scrape pegs again...lol
Never had the bike die on me like that. All i can figure is 'possibly' when the rear wheel hit the high edge of the pavement the kickstand MAY of jarred downward enough to kill it. Think ill disconnect that d@mn switch!

Felt stupid as he!! doing it right in front of moms. At least no one seen me(that i know of). Felt even stupider for NOT listening to that lil voice.

The only reason I ride now is because bikes have that lower seat. Its just no fun having to struggle with balancing a bike when stopped.
When I was scouting bikes out a few years ago I was pleasantly suprised  that a lot of bikes in the 650 - 1000 cc range were accommodating us short a$$es.

I never understood why bikes had to be that high up in the first place. I am average height of 5'11" and back 15-20 years ago I had troubles at a standstill to have both my feet flat on the ground with about any bike I ever sat on. I have no idea why they had to be like that. That's why I didn't like riding back then, because I didn't like to stop. My brother in law's 1982 Honda Nighthawk was one of them. Loved the engine, hated the traffic light stops.