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Professional "scooter trash".
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The manual is set for the "average" laid back rider. If you ride a lot or aggressively, you will keep boosting tire pressures until the bike feels "right". I run mine at 35-40 (prefer 40 in both tires) psi in swingarm frames, brings back a bit of the steering response and control lost to the rear shocks. I grew up on rigid frame bikes, so to me, they hug the line better and feel 1000x more stable than the "squirm" inherent in a chassis with a swingarm and dual shocks. Not a lot of play in a modern suspension set up, but it is there, and noticeable.
From 2/1998-2/2008, if the road was ice free, I was on two wheels. Rain, snow, tropical storm with hellacious winds... I hate driving, so I rode. I put 44K miles on one bike in 18 months, and never went outside the 2 counties I lived/worked in. Put 3K miles on it in the first week of ownership.
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