Patent ID: 8272413

Claim:
A pneumatic motorcycle tire, comprising a tread consisting of a tread central portion having a width of 60% of a tread developed width with a tire equatorial plane being as its center and tread side portions located outside of the tread central portion in the width direction of the tire, and at least one of a plurality of lateral grooves along the width direction of the tire and a plurality of inclined grooves inclined at an angle of less than 90 degrees with respect to the circumferential direction of the tire formed in the tread side portion such that the grooves continuously extend over a region of 50% or more of a width of the tread side portion and are spaced in the circumferential direction of the tire, wherein the plurality of the lateral/inclined grooves comprise lateral/inclined grooves having a groove width of more than 2.5 mm and a narrow lateral/inclined groove, which continuously extends over a region of 50% or more of the width of the tread side portion and has a groove width within a range between 0.3 mm and 2.5 mm, a total area of the plurality of the lateral/inclined grooves having a groove width of more than 2.5 mm is set to not more than 20% of an area of the tread side portion, and the tread central portion comprises at least two circumferential grooves and a land portion sandwiched by the at least two circumferential grooves, the land portion extending continuously in the circumferential direction of the tire.