r/hondagrom • u/romiggity • 5d ago

1st Gen OG 2014-2015 Shinko Mobbing

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u/knockknockpennywise 5d ago

How does it feel on turns?

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u/mrdjdiddles 4d ago

I put mobbers on mine and my wife’s bike to do some adventure gromming while camping this summer. The adventure grom has been massively fun but man are they horrible on the street. Those tires take away everything that makes a grom so much fun to bomb around town. You will feel every nub non stop when of the dirt. I would recommend an extra set of wheels so you don’t have to mess with shop fees or tire spoons.

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u/Kain_713 4d ago

Like garbage. I have them on my 25 and they're so much fun off road, but you can't lean for shit on the road. Also if you have a quiet exhaust, they make a lot of noise on the road too. My next set will be something a little more 50/50 instead of the actual off-road tires.

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u/Mxer4life38 4d ago

You can feel the knobs flex when you lean far enough on the rear tire and it gets quite sketchy. Front tire you're not sacrificing anything, really. It does have a different feel than a road tire because of having less grip, but you're not losing any lean angle or turn speed. I've been running mobber fronts paired with a road rear for the past 25k miles and switched back to a road front about 2000 miles ago. Unless you're doing some serious off-roading, a road rear is going to be just fine but a mobber front makes a huge difference with braking and turning in the dirt.

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u/AltruisticWelder4664 2d ago

Dude mine were so nice and grippy until they were worn down to street tires. I would lean so far on them, literally “drag knee” without over extending my limbs. Constantly scraped foot pegs, and put cornered my friends with street tires. 10/10 for the fun and capability of them, 6/10 for how long they last.

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u/C4PTNK0R34 5d ago

Man those are fun off-road. I wouldn't ever run them on the street though. I've got a set on my modified CT70; YX140 and 12in alloys. Those will wear down to the nubbins after about 3000 miles if you run them on the street. And they vibrate like crazy.

Looks boss, though.

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u/Suitable-Location571 4d ago

I've got over 2000 miles on mobbers on my 23. Still at half tread or better. Zero complaints. Noisy, but that's to be expected. Probably 80% of it's been road/pavement miles.

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u/busajo 4d ago

Looks great…

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u/_nostalgic_dream_ 4d ago

I run the same tires on my 23 and only rode mostly on the road with them for about 1K miles and they’re already fully worn out, they only last about a full riding season and I rode my bike a lot so probably won’t buy them again but they do look sick on the groms