Interesting new tire from Motoz

http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/motoz-mountain-hybrid-tire.45870/

I have been running a Kenda 270 with 5-6 PSI all summer and while not he best tire it is good and lasts a long time. I siped the tire and it seems to be even better. These mountain hybrids looks similar.

They are not out til december I believe.

I've been on one of these for a few weeks now. The short version is that this new tire kicks ass. It gets incredible traction everywhere. I have a pretty limited amount of time on trial tires so I don't feel qualified to make that comparison. Compared to a traditional tire though, they offer superior traction 90% of the time. Over rocks, roots and up loose climbs they are excellent. They give good traction and confidence while cornering, but I wouldn't say necessarily better than what I am used to which is a Motoz Enduro S/T. They're not worse either, just different. They hook up and drive incredibly well, almost to the point of pushing you off line. You have to ride more weight forward to get the front tire to bite better. In the mud and under breaking they lose ground to the enduro s/t I feel. Are they going to be "THE" tire for everyone? I don't know about that. If you already like a trials tire then yes, you will almost certainly like them more than your current trials tire I would imagine. From what I am told by others riding with them "same straight line grip as a trials with much better cornering." If you are thinking about a trials tire, then I would highly suggest this tire.

I had it on my Husky 410 since I already had that rear tire off when the mountain hybrid showed up. The 410 is a tractor anyways and this tire makes it feel like it could climb a tree. I will be mounting this tire on my KTM 300 here shortly to get a more rounded opinion. Right now I am kinda split on whether or not I will make this my go to tire. It is better in most areas compared to the enduro s/t, but also different. I'm one of those "different is bad" people and it takes me a while to warm up to something that may better than what I am used to. Time will tell I guess.

The downside to this tire like I said earlier is that it wants to bulldog the front tire. It gets such good traction it wants to push the front around. My alltime favorite front is the motoz enduro s/t. I feel like I know what that tire is going to do all the time. The mountain hybrid overpowers this tire and makes it feel kinda wishy washy. Apparently the hot setup is the mountain hybrid rear with a Dunlop AT-81 front. I have yet to try this combo, so I can't give any feedback on this.

It should be available in December but motoz seems to have a large grey area around arrival dates.

Price will be $98.99

It will be available in 120/100-18 only at first.

Here's a couple of pics after some miles on it.

Clay, there are two compounds of this tire. Which were you using? I'm told by someone who used both one is much better. Not sure what they are importing. Also a GT216 front might stand up to the pushing around. I kinda started the whole Motoz thing around here so have ran them all and find the GT216 a better tire for me than any of their fronts. My favorite Motoz front is the Terrapactor.

I see the 3 magic letters in the sidewall...DOT!

The one I have is the hard compound. It was what was available so I really had no choice in this. From what I am told by someone who has had lots of time on all the compounds is that they all perform similarly, but the hard compound takes a few minutes to warm up and start gripping like the others. I can't say about the other compounds, but this one does have a more planted feeling after a few minutes of riding. I believe that the production tire is the soft compound.

I haven't given the golden tyres a try yet. I got scared off when a buddy of mine dropped big $$$ on their sticky rear trials like rear and it was toast after 60 miles. I really haven't payed much attention to them since then. What front are you on? It looks like they have 3 216's?

Not sure. The one I got was well used when it showed up. I put about 150 miles of mostly gravel 2 track and rocky single track on it and it looks almost the same as when I got it. Very little wear.

The G216AA just like me. The thing just lasts and lasts.

The rear is surely a different story. Ty Davis' FE501 race bike literally ate 2 of em up when he tried them in the Vegas to Reno race. I saw them first hand and can attest that they probably weren't up to the task at hand. Might be a decent putt around tire, but not high on the list for my next rear.

You really should give one a try. I'm slow and it turned me into a almost fast guy, no joke!

yes, that one. Fantastic do it all long wearing front. Love it.