Patent ID: 7204285

Claim:
A radial motorcycle tire comprising a tread portion with a pair of tread edges, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions each with a bead core therein, a band disposed in the tread portion and composed of windings of at least one cord wound at an angle or not more than 5 degrees with respect to the tire equator, said tread portion provided radially inside the band with at least two layers of cords comprising a radially outermost first layer, and a radially inner second layer next to the first layer, wherein the first layer and second layer are a pair of turn-up portions of a carcass ply which is turned up around the bead core in each of the bead portions and extended into the tread portion, and with respect to the tire equator, the cords of the outermost first layer are inclined in a direction at an angle of from 65 to 80 degrees, and the cords of the second layer are inclined to the same direction as the first layer at an angle of from 65 to 80 degrees, wherein said band has an axial width in the range of 0.4 to 0.7 times the tread width measured axially between the tread edges, and said turnup portions extending into the tread portion overlap each other so that the overlap width becomes more than the width of the band but less than the tread width.