Patent ID: 8616256
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: B60C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A radial tire for a motorcycle comprising: a radial carcass consisting of at least one carcass ply, a cross-belt disposed radially outside of the carcass ply and consisting of two layers of belt plies having cords arranged in the opposite direction to each other with regard to the equator of the tire, and a spiral-belt disposed radially adjacently outside the cross-belt, the spiral-belt having a cord wound in the circumferential direction, wherein the tilting angles of the cords of said cross-belt are set to 60 degrees or more measured from the circumferential direction, and a belt protecting layer is disposed outside said cross-belt, the belt protecting layer having synthetic fiber cords arranged in a direction tilted at 70 degrees or more measured from the circumferential direction, wherein the tilting angles of the cords of said cross-belt are smaller than the tilting angles of the cords of said belt protecting layer, and wherein a cushion rubber layer is disposed between the belt protecting layer and the spiral-belt, the thickness of the cushion rubber layer being in the range of 0.3 mm to 1.5 mm.