Patent ID: 8820371
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
1. A motorcycle tire comprising a tread portion having a developed tread width and provided with tread blocks defining a sea area therearound, the tread blocks including a plurality of crown blocks defined as having a ground contacting top surface whose centroid is located within a crown region defined as having a developed width of ⅓ of the developed tread width and centered on the tire equator, shoulder blocks disposed along each of tread edges, and middle blocks disposed between the shoulder blocks and the crown blocks, wherein the crown blocks include and wherein said tread blocks include plural sets of a middle block, a first shoulder block and a second shoulder block circumferentially adjacent to the first shoulder block, which are connected through a shoulder tie bar and a middle tie bar such that the shoulder tie bar extends toward one circumferential direction opposite to the intended tire rotational direction from the first shoulder block to the second shoulder block, and the middle tie bar extends obliquely toward said one circumferential direction and toward the axially inside from the first shoulder block to the middle block.