When you come to a stop, you should be downshifting as you slow. This will insure that you are always in the right gear should you need to accelerate to get out of the way of something or you're slowing for a red light and it turns green.
MSF teaches that the left foot goes down when you come to a full stop and that the bike should already be in first gear before your foot goes down.
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