Motiv adds the Graffiti Tag to their lineup, giving bowlers a new option for medium to lighter oil patterns. The Tag uses the same Halogen weight block that was in the Tribal and Tribal Fire, but this time uses a new solid coverstock. The MXR reactive cover comes polished out of the box.

The Graffiti Tag gave us our best reaction on the medium test pattern. The Tag clears the front of the lane easily, but responds to the friction stronger than we thought it was going to. The first few shots from all three testers went high because, as clean as the ball got through the front, we thought we needed to be a little more direct to make sure the ball did not miss the breakpoint. Once ...