Thanks Brian. Nearing completion I've noticed that just the tip of the stand foot pokes out under the silencer, and though I could get the tip of my boot on it it's inevitably going to leave burnt rubber marks on the silencer. Welding a new tip on is the ultimate solution but I just wondered whether the tip was never there, worn off or just sawn off my Mr Bodge in the past.
I'll try and run the bike for a while and then when the inevitable remedial tasks need doing post-rebuild I'll do it then.