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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1993
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A belted radial tire for motorcycles which comprises: a pair of bead cores disposed one in each bead portion of the tire; a carcass extending between the bead portions through sidewall portions and a tread portion of the tire, the carcass having at least one ply of organic fiber cords arranged radially at an angle of 60 to 90 degrees to the tire equator; a tread disposed radially outside the carcass to define the tread portion; and a belt disposed radially outside the carcass and inside the tread and comprising two ply pieces made of at least one spirally wound cord having an elastic modulus of not less than 600 kgf/sq.mm, the above-mentioned tread curved so that the maximum cross section width of the tire lies between the tread edges, each of the two belt ply pieces formed by winding a ribbon of rubber, in which the belt cord is embedded, spirally around the carcass from the axially outer edge thereof toward the tire equator.