A non-pneumatic tire and rim assembly having a wheel having a first and second bead ring, wherein the non-pneumatic tire has a crown region and a first and second sidewall region; wherein the first and second sidewall regions each extend from the crown and terminate into a first and second respective bead area, wherein the first and second bead area are each mounted on the first and second bead ring, respectively; wherein each bead area is located axially outward of the crown region of the non-pneumatic tire when mounted on the wheel, and wherein the non-pneumatic tire further includes a reinforcement ply which extends from the first bead area to the second bead area.

A motorcycle tire set includes a front-wheel tire and a rear-wheel tire. Each of the front and rear-wheel tires includes a carcass, a band layer arranged radially outwardly of the carcass in the tread portion, and a tread rubber arranged radially outwardly of the band layer. The carcass includes a carcass ply including carcass cords. The band layer includes a jointless band ply in which a band cord is circumferentially wound spirally at an angle equal to or less than 5 degrees. The tread rubber includes a crown rubber portion. An angle θ1 of the carcass cords of the front-wheel tire is 65 degrees or more with respect to the tire circumferential direction. A rubber hardness of the crown rubber portion of the rear-wheel tire is greater than a rubber hardness of the crown rubber portion of the front-wheel tire.

A tire set for a tricycle having one first wheel and two second wheels includes one first tire to be mounted on the first wheel and two second tires to be mounted on the second wheels. Each of the second tires has a cornering power of 50% or more and less than 100% of a cornering power of the first tire.

A motorcycle tire pair includes a front tire 2 and a rear tire 42. A center arc index Ac, a middle arc index Am, and a shoulder arc index As are obtained on the basis of a contour line TLf of a tread surface 16 of the front tire 2 and a contour line TLr of a tread surface 56 of the rear tire 42. In the tire pair, the middle arc index Am is larger than the center arc index Ac, and the shoulder arc index As is larger than the middle arc index Am.

A tire comprises a tread portion provided with a first circumferential groove and a second circumferential groove which are disposed on one side and the other side, respectively, of a cambered-tire tread center line. The cambered-tire tread center line is defied by a line extending in the tire circumferential direction, along which a circumferential length of the ground contacting patch of the tire becomes maximum when the tire mounted on a normal rim and inflated to a normal pressure, is placed on a flat horizontal surface at a non-zero camber angle, and loaded with a normal tire load in the vertical direction.

Method for controlling the symmetry of the footprint area of a tyre miming on a straight trajectory with camber angle different from zero, wherein the method comprises the steps: —reducing the contact pressure of the tyre (2) on the footprint area at an inner shoulder (in case of negative camber) or at an outer shoulder (in case of positive camber); —disposing any medium line (Im) of the tread band (9) placed in correspondence with the footprint area substantially parallel to the ground; the invention also defines a tyre and a wheel for motor-vehicles, wherein the medium line (Im) of the tread hand (9) and the rotation axis (X-X) of the tyre (2) form an angle (a) substantially equal in absolute value to the camber angle (β); the invention also encompasses a process for manufacturing such tyres, wherein a green tyre with symmetric outer profile is deformed during the vulcanising and moulding step until a predetermined angle (a) different from zero is formed between any medium line (Im) of the tread band (9) and the rotation axis (X-X) of the vulcanised tyre (2).

A motorcycle tire pair includes a front tire 2 and a rear tire 42. A center arc index Ac, a middle arc index Am, and a shoulder arc index As are obtained based on a contour line TLf of a tread surface 16 of the front tire 2 and a contour line TLr of a tread surface 56 of the rear tire 42. In the tire pair, the middle arc index Am is greater than or equal to the center arc index Ac, and the shoulder arc index As is smaller than the center arc index Ac.

A pneumatic tire that has land portions formed by being partitioned by circumferential grooves and widthwise fine grooves formed therein so as to extend in a tire widthwise direction. The widthwise fine grooves have widened groove portions at a groove bottom thereof with an increased groove width. When the tire is worn to a depth of 50% of a depth from a treading face of an unused tire to an end face of a tread wear indicator, an outer side land portion cross sectional area ratio of the outer side land portion on the outer side in the tire widthwise direction is higher than an inner side land portion cross sectional area ratio of the inner side land portion on the side of a tire equator line. Thus, the pneumatic tire can suppress uneven wear from the middle stage of wear while a desirable wet grip performance is constantly maintained.

A pneumatic tire includes a first main groove in a circumferential direction outward of an equatorial plane in a vehicle width direction, a second main groove in the circumferential direction at a position closer to the equatorial plane than the first main groove, a third main groove in the circumferential direction at a position inward of the equatorial plane in the vehicle width direction, and a fourth main groove in the circumferential direction at a position farther from the equatorial plane than the third main groove; relationships 1.05≤G1/G3≤1.25, 1.20≤G2/G3≤1.40, and 1.10≤G4/G3≤1.30 are satisfied; and relationships G3<G1<G2 and G3<G1<G4 are satisfied, where G1 is a first main groove width, G2 is a second main groove width, G3 is a third main groove width, and G4 is a fourth main groove width.

A pneumatic tire includes a band-shaped sound absorbing member bonded along a tire circumferential direction to the tire inner surface in a tread portion; at least one full cover layer covering the entire width of belt layers on the outer circumferential side of the belt layers; and a center cover layer disposed on the outer circumferential side of the full cover layer, the center cover layer locally covering the tire lateral direction center region of the belt layers; a width SW of the band-shaped sound absorbing member and a width BW of the belt layers satisfying a relationship SW/BW=0.3 to 0.8, and a width CW of the center cover layer and the width SW of the band-shaped sound absorbing member satisfying the relationship CW/SW=0.05 to 0.35.