Patent ID: 7387145

Claim:
A pneumatic motorcycle type comprising a reinforcing carcass ply of radially disposed cords extending in a main ply portion between two bead regions through sidewall regions and a ground contacting tread region, the carcass in each bead region being turned axially outward around an inextensible bead hoop and thereafter extended radially outward to form a turnup ply portion having a radially outer end, the tyre having—a camber value C/L in the range 0.5 to 0.7 wherein the tread region is provided with a bandage ply disposed radially outward of the carcass ply extending substantially between the axial edges (TS) of the tread and comprising reinforcing cords disposed substantially parallel to the tyre circumferential direction and in the tread central portion the bandage ply is immediately adjacent to the carcass ply and in each of the axial edge portions of the tread the bandage ply is spaced apart from the carcass ply by a reinforcing strip comprising at least one reinforcing ply comprising textile reinforcing elements disposed at an angle to the tyre circumferential direction, characterized in that the radially outer edge of each turnup portion is separated from the adjacent edge of the reinforcing strip by a distance (S) of at least 5 mm, the axially outer edge of each of the strips is disposed radially outward of the radially outer edge of the ply turnup portion and is disposed axially inward of the adjacent edge of the bandage ply, spaced therefrom by not more than 25% of the reinforcing strip width measured along the carcass ply; wherein the reinforcing elements of the at least one ply are disposed at an angle in the range of greater than 35° to 70°.