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OP - changing tyres won't help (much) riding over the piece of road in your picture. Observe from behind another scooter riding on the same surface - look at the motor and rear wheel in relation to the floorboard and you will see the whole "frame" warping on every bump due to the frame design, and cheap-as-chips suspension.
Some after-market adjustable suspension that can adjust pre-load, damping, and rebound might help. A steering damper might also help. But hey, it's a scooter and not practical or feasible.
Best advice is to use decent tyres with a general purpose tread and experiment with tyre pressure. Don't go above the recommended pressure, a recipe for disaster in the wet. A slightly lower pressure will help grip and braking in the wet.
Avoid the white paint when braking or leaning, especially in the wet. As somebody has already suggested, don't have a "white knuckle" grip on the bars, hold them loosely with bent elbows. Avoid the straight arm grip style.
When riding solo over the section of road, shift your weight as much as practical to the rear and specifically don't have your weight leaning on the bars - this takes weight slightly off the front, meaning less impact from the road surface.
Standing up dirt bike style will also help, it just depends whether you're prepared to look like a muppet.
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I'm considering lodging historical reparation claims against the Celts, Jutes, Angles, Saxons, Romans, Danes (and Scandies in General), France and Germany.
I suspect the melanin content of both the protagonist and antagonists in this fantasy might be an issue.
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Trump will play hard to get for a while, but it will result in make-up sex via meme eventually.
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I don't notice it anymore, I must have acclimatized.
But when I go back home, I'm a white knuckle driver - it's scary as $heet when you have to abide by all the rules.
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The Europeans seem to be begging for a war to solve their domestic problems.
I suspect they may well start throwing stones first.
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And then they add the service charge on top.
The missus pockets all the change - Thais don't believe in tipping.
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Right of way in Thailand is governed by vehicle mass.
It pays dividends to be aware of your place in the pecking order.
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In my humble experience, Forza riders are predominantly in a class of their own. 'Nuff said.
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I'm always amazed at how people can look at the same scenes and philosophically (or ideologically) draw different conclusions. Not just nuancedly different, but the polar opposite. Whatever happened to "I understand the point you're making but have you considered A, B, or C?
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He might qualify for an Albertan passport in the near future.
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More fiery, but mostly peaceful protests.
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Miss Phet must be very spicy.
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They got their wishes fulfilled with the father from Maryland being returned, you'd think they would have learned a lesson from that.
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Hands up all those who never re-imagined a girl's face they knew on a centrefold of Miss February 1974 while committing an act of self-abuse?
This chap has simply digitalised his imagination. But as it was back in my day, better to keep your porn stash private and well hidden - even though your Mum always knew where the stash was anyway.
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Well, they got their wish - irony is a beach.
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I can't see her admitting she was a DEI selection anytime soon.
She'll need a good ghostwriter, she was only slightly more aware of reality than Joe.
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They just want another reason to claim victimhood. But begorrah, this is super cringeworthy.
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If it was in my pocket, I'd be using an industrial strength rubber band, not one from her last plastic bag of Som-Tam.
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I'm not sure if this is a revolutionary or a counter-revolutionary decision.
Either way, kudos to the PM for
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Maybe Joe gave Jill an EPOA.
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Sounds like a case of "pedal error". He sailed up the road and through the wall thinking he had his brake pedal to the floor.
Not an uncommon event.
He probably walked away from pure embarrassment - I would.
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The WP is pulling the "correlation doesn't equate to causation" trick.
I mean, you can probably aptly apply this theory to the seasonal increase in the sales of ice-cream not causing a seasonal increase in the number of shark attacks.
But if a bloke says he is going to hit the nail with a hammer and the nail is suddenly imbedded in the wood, it's reasonable to assume the bloke hit the nail with the hammer - as opposed to the nail mysteriously imbedding itself for no particular reason.
But then again, cognitive dissonance absolves the sufferer from the sins of truth and logic.
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Post 1945, I always thought a Nazi salute wasn't a Nazi salute unless you placed your left hand index finger horizontally below your nose - Bazil Fawlty style.
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The official political opposition is commonly referred to as the MSM.
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Public Skepticism Persists as Thailand Enforces New Traffic Fine System
in Thailand News
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The mistake was making the country's biggest criminal syndicate responsible for enforcing road safety.