Thanks to a number of you good folks, I was able to perform much-needed mainteance on my scoot!
I changed out all of the OEM pads for EBC HH slintered pads...WOW...what a difference! (Thanks Steve!)
I also pulled the rear wheel to clean out the 5 pounds of bearing grease that the dealer packed into the splines & pins (Thanks Cougar and Mr Freebird for their outstanding pictorials!
And lastly, thanks to the number of folks that added their 2 cents along the way....your comments were invaluable...
One again I say... "You guys ROCK!"