text: Yesterday I drove my P125 about 30 miles to pick up a rental car for the week. I pulled into the parking lot just fine. When I went to move the scoot I noticed a squeaking sound while moving. My rear tire was rubbing against the swing arm. How odd. There was slight shining of the tire, it had just started so the tire is still ok.
  I hoped on MV, read similar posts of people experiencing their tire leaning into the rear spring/shock and new rubber bushings/mounts/whatever helped hold the engine up to correct the tire lean. I ordered new rubbers, should be here on Monday.
  I posted a little blurb in the 'today I...' thread, someone suggested to check my hub nut. It's rock solid, won't even budge. I put on my spare which was a couple MMs narrower and got it home.
  It started to get me to think about a few things. 1) I just put on a new rear tire about 500 miles ago, 3 weeks or so, Vee Rubber Winter tire. Already I'm noticing a significant wear on the tread.
  2) my previous tire, a zippy 1, seemed to wear abnormally fast at the end of it's life.
  3) after more examination, the tire isn't excessively leaning, some people have posted pics of their rear shock attachment and mine seems very good. But the tire angled off to the right, almost like toe-in, is very prominent.
  4) I feel like I have needed new brake shoes for quite some time. I've put about 7000 miles on this scooter in a year, and I'm almost sure the shoes are still from the factory, last time I examined them, however, there were still a few MMs, of pad left so I didn't bother.
  5) just this week I've noticed a slight squeak from the rear brake some of the time.
  6) I put in a SIP speedo a few weeks ago which has instilled in me new confidence at higher speeds. I've been cranking this P125 at full throttle for 20-30 miles at a time at 55-60mph. That's about 10-15 mph faster than I've ever pushed it.
  I haven't yet loosened my hub nut to really investigate, but curious if anyone has experienced anything like this or might have advice. I plan on really getting to work on it tomorrow.