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They paint lines, or in the case here, all of the lines and arrows and words are inlaid into the road and painted.

I said before: How about they mark the sweet spot for two wheelers?

Once a road is repaved, you cannot see where the lines are as you could before.

I installed a car wash that used loops to activate it, but the factory supplied loops were small, and even fastened to the top of the concrete floor, a heavy floor jack had trouble activating the wash no matter what the sensitivity was set at.. We had a guy come in and cut the grooves in the floor about a foot deep and we made a loop about 4 feet across and 8 feet long. Now we had a loop that could be used by the lowest cars up to the most lifted truck that would fit in the bay.

Over where I used to live, there was a left turn with two visible loops. One car stopped up at the front of the lane would not trip the light for a green arrow. Stopping on the first loop, about two car lengths back from the front - with no other cars in the lane would trip the light every time - in a car. I never tried on a scooter. The roads have been resurfaced and the medians all redone, so where are the loops now?

Induction loops in the road arent effected by the little metal of a scooter or motorcycle.
Some lights may trigger with a flashing headlight (possibly illegal if you have oncoming traffic).
I try to make use right turns and U-turns if needed.
Also, some states allow a bike, scooter, motorcycle to go on red
Wisconsin has a law on the books since 2006 that includes :

"The law also allows motorcyclists to proceed through a vehicle-actuated red light after 45 seconds when the signal fails to recognize the motorcycle"

Basically if you wait at ANY red light more than 45 seconds, if the intersection is clear, it is OK to proceed thru the intersection (Red Light) with caution. I've talked to some LEO friends & all have confirmed the law's validity .

I actually used this a week ago. Two of us at a light - my scooter and a Shadow 750 were unable to trigger the light, and there wasn't enough oncoming traffic or vehicles behind to get it to trip. We finally decided there had been a large enough gap and no vehicles approaching.

YEa, a nice rpm, but not enough top end. I pulled the variator and realized they were larger than the pile of rollers I have.
I managed 66mph (@ 10krpm) down a huge hill with a huge tail wind last year, same variator, stock air-box and exhaust, 110 jet I think.
I should be able to get more from the Xingyue since the intake and exhaust are upgraded.

I need to work out the Znen variator - put 12 g sliders in. from the 17g rollers. Need to go and check that clutch. It is still jerky at 1500rpm idle, I thought it was the heavy rollers.

My Xingyue (16" wheels) speedo reads very fast above 25mph. I had a GPS mount sandwiched under the mirror stalk. I stuck a "45" label over the 60 on the face. The odo is right on.
The Znen speedo is also off. The fastest on GPS or smart phone MyTracks - was about 55mph, but the speedo showed 70mph. The odo is close enough.

I would try to clamp a spacer between the bracket and swing arm - I cant see your pictures here at work.
spacer = a couple nuts, washers, a short pipe nipple. Thick nylon would probably work, but metal will hold up longer.

Do not ride with only the exhaust bolted to the head. You'll just break more stuff.

Xingyue - I am unsure of what is in my 123mm variator. I tried 10gram sliders but went back to original. (No tack at the moment - EFI kit has a DC CDI, and the tach fed off the AC CDI, and I havent figured out where to get a signal now)
Znen - remove 17gram rollers and have 12g sliders now. I have sets of 12, 13 and 15 and 17gram rollers. Lawnmower tach, not as snappy to react, but it is stable.

I need to come up with a plan to adjust both CVTs