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There is a bulge in the tire on the left hand side. At that point the tire is either not seated properly or you hit something and the cords in the tire are busted. If the cords are busted than the bike is not safe to ride and you will need to get a new tire.

now that is a whole other argument.
I occasionally use SeaFoam to keep the carb sweet and Stabil for engines that get little use or gas that sits for over 30 days. That can spark some heated exchanges.

The point is, for me, the least of my worries is what the driver in front of me sees unless my intention is to pass him. There are people who never look in the rear view mirror; my wife being one. I personally believe the safest place to control the lane is from the high side track. IMO, when riding staggered in groups the trailing bike should take the high position to command the lane for the group. Riding in the low track by yourself or at the rear of a group encourages the 4 wheeler behind you to treat you like a bicycle. If they are hell bent on lane sharing I would prefer them passing on the low side as they are less likely to clip you with the drivers side. As you say you have to tailor your position to match the situation but I think it is categorically wrong to teach novices the the middle of the lane is the best place to ride.

Interesting! Home Depot here can't even cut a padlock key successfully. The sidewinder key has a special shape that precludes cutting on an ordinary key cutting machine.

Things are a little different here in the 48. Spam isn't typical fare for Sunday dinner.

When you're riding in stop and go traffic and traffic is stopped, how do you position your bike in relationship to the car/truck in front of you?  This question is of course for those of us who ride where lane splitting is not allowed. 

The scooter originally came with two keys. One red/brown and one blue. The red/brown key was the master and the blue was the slave. If you had the master you could program up to 3 blue keys to your bike by inserting them in the ignition in order after thr master then followed by the master. If you have lost the red/brown key your options are limited. There are only two places in the country that Piaggio recognizes can cut and code keys off any working slave you might have. That is  Scooterswest in California and FS1 Racing in Texas. Ordering a blank will not help unless you have someone who can program the blank.  You have to send your key to them.   I also bought my Piaggio BV250 second hand and it had one two sided black key which is an aftermarket slave.  Yours probably has the sidewinder that requires special equipment to cut as well as program.   I have a phobia of loosing my key.  

I found a shop locally that claims they can cut and program the keys. The service is $75 a pop. I have spoken to FS1 Racing and they charge $30 for the service. If you choose to send you key to someone you need to insure it against loss to the tune of about $1600 because if it is lost it will cost you at least that to have the ignition switch, computer and helmet rack lock replaced. If you're handy that cost could be as little as $600.  I'm going to give the locals a try when the blanks arrive then probably send my spare to FS1 Racing to have another copy produced.