MotoZ tires 200 mile report...

I would change it, but I am anal about some things. If for some reason you don't like them, you will wonder if it's because you have them on wrong. If you don't feel up to it, maybe get a shop to do it for you? We won't laugh at you.:smirk:

Actually, I normally change my own tires, but it was cold out and I didn't think to bring the wheels in my house the night before so when got a little difficult, I took mine to the shop and had it done. The front is reversible and I forgot to tell them which way I wanted it.

Remind me down in Mex and we can reverse it. It is a directional tire, with little cups for the beaches.

the natural rubber means its VERY easy to mount, dismount these tires, in any weather.

For the record, my trouble was getting the old tires off.

OK...so I changed the rear to the direction it is supposed to be and mounted the front correctly. This is going to take a little bit getting used to knobbies again after riding a front and rear trials tires all year long! I'm going to do a few small rides before I head down to Baja.

I'm aired up my front to over 90 PSI and I can't seat the bead all the way (5 inches not seated)!?!? It's not bad (barely noticeable), but does anyone have any ideas?

I would take the valve out, and let the air out. Try filling the tire with the valve out to get the bead to seat and then put the valve back in. The quick burst of air helps seat the bead

Did you lather both beads with soapy water first? 90PSI seems excessive Is the rim lock loose & easy to push in?

I lathered both side up with windex.

Remove valve stem, loosen the rim lock, break the bead, spray with windex, and then air up. Shouldn't take more than 40-50 PSI to seat the bead.

I put one on the back of my DRZ and didn't have a problem. Then I mounted a set on a buddies Yamaha, and it was a pain. Spooned on as well as any tire, but I couldn't get the bead to seat, I messed with it for ever, bouncing, beating, letting all the air out half a dozen times and re-lubing the tire. I ended up spraying the bead and wheel good with WD-40 and putting in 110 psi quickly with no valve stem and it seated. I did go and put on some safety gear before trying the 110 psi. I didn't want to put that much pressure in it, but it worked. Ken

I'll try it without a valve stem, plenty of windex and a quick burst of air!

forget the windex.. use soapy water.

The windex works well when wet but when it even starts to dry it actually makes the rubber stick more to the rim..

Yehah, I've now got almost 150 miles on my Motoz rear. My last run was on WET RED CLAY. 120kph it stuck well!! Ok, when needing to Fan the clutch, it'd get in some wheel spin but it was WET clay. felt somewhat secure and safe. I still dont know if I'll return to htem though as it still likes to "wallow" a fair bit. Mate of mine just hooked a pair onto his Hooosaberg, I'll see how he goes with the Wallowing feel??

"Wallow"? What PSI are you running it at?

Ah yeah! Can't wait for the beaches. I've got a TRACTIONATOR H/T all ready to mount up just for them beaches.

Well, I got them mounted right and I will ride on 'em a few times before Baja. I've been riding a front and rear trials tires all year long...actually two years for the rear!

I got my hands on a set of Motoz tires for my k.t.m. 4-honey & now that I have had 6 good rides on them I felt I'd give my .02.

We've been cutting new tight woods trail during the Spring, the land we have contracted to ride is beautiful, (not quite as pretty as some of the pics I've seen Kelly post from the NW, but really nice for Alabama) with lots of elevation change & varying terrain (topsoil, sand, rock, dry creek beds, roots, hard pack, clay, etc). I really had talked these tires up with my friends & I expected a lot from them. I had been using the Kenda Washougal's for the past year or two & had been happy with them as far as longevity & traction go. I went with what I could get my hands on with the Motoz, a Tracula front & the Tractionator Enduro rear. I had no problems mounting them, other than I had to slime up the rear bead to get it to seat correctly but nothing noteworthy. The front looks really good, seems that just looking at it it would hook up on just about any surface. The rear has a different look to it, the tread is aggressive & looked promising. The side wall on the rear is extra thick/tall, an advantage in my book, I thought it should cushion some of the hits on the trail & the bead/rim protector is extra deep, probably why the bead didn't seat on the first try. I'm started with 14psi in both tires at first then eased it down to 12 then 10.

So after six rides of beating in new trail I'll say this. The Tracula front is pretty good, it's a soft/intermediate tire that is predictable & after some time it's confident inspiring. After around 240 miles it's still holding up pretty good with no real "wear" showing. The rear on the other hand did not quite meet the expectations that I had. The 40 mile loop that we have is new trail that we've cut with a little bit of fire roads thrown in to connect trail heads with one another. The trails are very loamy with leaves & lots of loose top soil & roots/rocks underneath. In a straight line the Tractionator does a great job of hooking up, no matter what we where riding on, it did really well on the off camber stuff too. But for some reason when I had to get the bike over to turn I got a lot of nervousness out of the rear end in a unpredictable way. I went up & down with the tire pressure just to see what felt the best & settled on 12 psi. My bike has an auto clutch & rarely do I have to use the hand clutch I just make sure that I'm in the right gear going up a hill or out of the turns. The rear just didn't seem to want to grip while turning. The rear also has started to chunk & the edges wore rather quickly. Braking was not a problem with either tire, the front grabs everything & the rear did a good job holding on.

I'm still gonna ride it to make sure I get my money's worth but I doubt I will buy a new set any time soon. I'm not knocking them, as I think they are onto some great technology & maybe the rear tire would be better in a different environment, it's one of those things that when you get used to something you like it's hard to change. I love the Michelin M & S 12's, but they are so expensive, the Kenda's have filled the void.

My buddies & I had a great time with the names of the Motoz tires, my new nickname is Tracula & they have been wearing the new name out. So I guess that's it, just another opinion on the Motoz Tracula & Tractionator Enduro from a B-Vet rider that trail rides more than I race these days.

Tire sizing

I purchase a set of the tractionator XC's for my TE310. the only size avalable was the 130/90/18 is this going to be to big for my husky?
Do I need to get a smaller tire? Anybody know?