Yeah its perfectly fine.

When I took my UK bike license they taught us to have left foot on the ground and right foot on rear brake when stopped.

Short guys like me will just shift slightly to the left so that our left foot is flat. The bike will usually lean slightly to the left too, this is fine. Over time it will begin to feel normal.

Shoes/boots with thicker soles will help a lot as well.

Do you mean getting the seat foam shaved so the seat itself is less thick? You can do that too (and it is a viable option), but I have no idea how that would let water into the seat unless the seat cover was improperly replaced after the foam was shaved

Lowering the bike via raising the front suspension forks (the two tubes holding on the front wheel) and the rear suspension is possible, but not really recommended since it will affect the handling and cornering clearance (you might not be able to lean as much as you like because the whole bike is now lower).


You can do long distance on them and hold a steady 100km/h but it won't be comfortable or fast. Then again, our forebears had no issue doing stuff like going from KL to Penang on 50cc bikes For long distance I would rather pick a cruiser, same low seat height but more comfort and power.

Yeah, agree with this. Last year we rode to Satun in Thailand and had one rider on a y15zr. It was a pretty chill ride but he didn't have any problems staying with the rest of the group which was all 600cc+ when riding at 120-140km/h.