Patent ID: 9573424
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: B60C

Claim:
1. A motorcycle tire comprising: a tread portion convexly curved so that the maximum cross section width of the tire lies between the tread edges, a pair of axially spaced bead portions, and a pair of sidewall portions extending between the tread edges and the bead portions, wherein the tread portion is provided with crown main oblique grooves and shoulder main oblique grooves, the crown main oblique grooves are disposed on alternating sides of the tire equator, and each extends from its axially inner end to its axially outer end, without cutting across the tire equator, while inclining to one circumferential direction and curving toward the axially inside, the axially inner end and the axially outer end of each of the crown main oblique grooves are located inside and outside an upstanding tire's ground contact annular zone, respectively, when measured in the ground contact annular zone of the upstanding tire, the circumferential distance L in the upstanding tire's ground contact annular zone, each of the crown main oblique grooves disposed on one side of the tire equator partially overlaps, in the tire circumferential direction, the circumferentially adjacent crown main oblique grooves disposed on the other side of the tire equator, when measured in the upstanding tire's ground contact annular zone, the circumferential length L the shoulder main oblique grooves comprise wherein