A motorcycle tyre, comprising a radial carcass structure (2) and a tread band (8) applied at a radially outer position with respect to the radial carcass structure (2), wherein the radial carcass structure (2) comprises a first carcass ply (3a) and a second carcass ply (3b) including a first plurality of textile reinforcing cords (30) and a second plurality of textile reinforcing cords (32), respectively, wherein the first textile reinforcing cords (31) are parallel to each other and the second textile reinforcing cords (33) are parallel to each other and have a respective first and second inclination at a crown portion (8c) of the tread band (8) with respect to an equatorial plane (X-X) of the tyre, wherein said second inclination is opposite to said first inclination. The first textile reinforcing cords (31) and the second textile reinforcing cords (33) have a tenacity comprised between 0.35 cN/Tex and 1.2 cN/Tex at 2% elongation and comprised between 0.5 cN/Tex and 3 cN/Tex at 5% elongation. At least one central annular sector (8a) of the tread band (8) arranged astride of the equatorial plane (X-X) is made of a vulcanized elastomeric material having a static elastic modulus Ca3 measured at 70 C. comprised between 9.0 and 14.0, a tandelta measured at 70 C. and 10 Hz comprised between 0.120 and 0.160, and a dynamic elastic modulus F measured at 70 C. and 10 Hz comprised between 3.7 and 4.1.

In a pneumatic tire, a belt layer includes an inner-side cross belt and an outer-side cross belt having an absolute value of belt angle with respect to a tire circumferential direction of not less than 46 degrees and not more than 80 degrees and having belt angles with signs that are opposite to each other; and a circumferential reinforcing layer having a belt angle with respect to the tire circumferential direction within the range of 5 degrees and disposed between the inner-side cross belt and outer-side cross belt. Also, a distance Gcc on a tire equatorial plane from a tread profile to a tire inner circumferential surface and a distance Gsh from a tread edge to the tire inner circumferential surface satisfy a relationship 1.10Gsh/Gcc.

A belt layer of a pneumatic tire includes an inner-side cross belt and an outer-side cross belt forming belt angles of mutually different signs with the tire circumferential direction with absolute values from 46 to 80, inclusive; a circumferential reinforcing layer arranged between the inner-side cross belt and the outer-side cross belt and forming a belt angle of within 5 with the tire circumferential direction; and a supplemental belt arranged inside of the inner-side cross belt in the radial direction of the tire and forming a belt angle with the tire circumferential direction with an absolute value from 10 to 45, inclusive.

A run-flat radial tire is provided with a side reinforcement rubber layer that extends in the tire radial direction along an inner face of a carcass and an angled belt layer that is provided at the tire radial direction outer side of the carcass. An overlap length L between a maximum width angled belt layer and the side reinforcement rubber layer satisfies the relationship L>0.14 SH with a tire section height SH. A thickness GD of the side reinforcement rubber layer at a position that is 14% of the tire section height to the tire axial direction inner side from a tire axial direction end portion of the maximum width angled belt layer and a thickness GA of the side reinforcement rubber layer at a maximum width position of the carcass satisfy the relationship GD/GA0.3.

A run-flat radial tire has a tire section height SH equal to or greater than 115 mm and is equipped with a side-reinforcing rubber layer extending along an inner surface of a carcass from one tire side portion to another tire side portion wherein a tire equatorial plane CL is sandwiched in between the one tire side portion and the another tire side portion, wherein a thickness GE of the side-reinforcing rubber layer at the position of the tire equatorial plane and a thickness GA of the side-reinforcing rubber layer at positions where the carcass reaches its maximum width satisfy the relational expression GE0.6GA.

A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass layer, a belt layer radially outward of the carcass layer, and a tread rubber radially outward of the belt layer. A belt cord angle of a belt layer large angle belt is 45-70, opposite sign belt cord angles of cross belts are 10-45, and a reinforcing layer belt cord angle is within 5 of a circumferential direction. A reinforcing layer width Ws and a carcass cross-sectional width Wca satisfy 0.60Ws/Wca0.70. The reinforcing layer is radially outward of the cross belts which are radially outward of the large angle belt. A wider cross belt width Wb2 of the pair and Wca satisfy 0.79Wb2/Wca0.89. Wb2 and Wca satisfy 0.79Wb2/Wca0.89. Relationships 0.79Wb2/Wca0.84 and either 0.82TW/Wca0.92 or 0.79TW/SW0.89 are satisfied, where TW is a tread width and SW is a total tire width.

A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass layer, a belt layer radially outward of the carcass layer, and a tread rubber radially outward of the belt layer. The belt layer is formed by laminating a large angle belt having a belt-cord angle of 45-70, a pair of cross belts having belt cord angles of 10-45 with opposite sign belt cord angles, and a reinforcing layer having a belt cord angle satisfying 5 relative to a circumferential direction. A reinforcing layer width Ws and a carcass cross-sectional width Wca satisfy 0.60Ws/Wca0.70. A wider cross belt width Wb2 of the pair of cross belts and the carcass width Wca satisfy 0.79Wb2/Wca0.89. Relationships 0.79Wb2/Wca0.84 and either 0.82TW/Wca0.92 or 0.79TW/SW0.89 are satisfied, where TW is a tread width and SW is a total tire width.

A tire (10) comprises a crown (12) comprising a tread (20), a crown reinforcement (14), a carcass reinforcement (32), two side walls (22), two beads (24), each side wall (22) linking each bead (24) to the crown (12), the crown reinforcement (14) extending in the crown (12) in a circumferential direction (Z) of the tire (10). The textile wire-like hoop reinforcer element (48), the wire-like working reinforcer elements (46) and the wire-like carcass reinforcer elements (44) are arranged so as to define, in projection on the equatorial circumferential plane (E), a triangular mesh. The textile wire-like hoop reinforcer element comprises a core composed of a first strand comprising at least one monofilament, and a layer comprising at least two second strands, each second strand comprising at least one monofilament, each second strand of the layer being helically wound around the core.

In a tire, an inclination angle of a cord included in a second belt layer with respect to a tire width direction is defined as a positive inclination angle in a tire see-through plan view, an intersection point between a perpendicular line drawn from an end portion of a belt layer having a maximum belt width in the tire width direction to a carcass and a cord of an outermost carcass layer in a tire radial direction is defined as a first reference point in a tire meridian cross-sectional view, and an inclination angle of the cord with respect to the tire width direction at the first reference point is 3 or more in the tire see-through plan view.

A tire comprises a tread, two working belts and an intermediate belt arranged radially between both working belts. Furthermore, the tire comprises a top belt comprising reinforcement cords having an impact energy absorption higher than 7 J/mm.sup.2. In one aspect, the intermediate belt comprises a first layer extending over at least 70% of the axial width of an axially largest working belt and one or more further layers below one or more shoulder grooves, extending over at most 50% of said axial width. In another aspect, the intermediate belt comprises metal cords having the construction a+bd, with a being 1 to 5, b being 2 to 7, and d being 0.2 mm to 0.5 mm. In still another aspect, the intermediate belt has a rubber penetration of at least 90% along at least 90% of its axial width.