TIRE FOR TWO-WHEELED MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

摘要

A tire for a two-wheeled motor vehicle has excellent performance characteristics achieved without impairing stability in transition between straight travel and turning. The tire (2) has a tread (4). The tread (4) is divided into (2N-1) regions (where N is a natural number greater than or equal to four). The tread (4) has a first region (20) as the center region and a second region (22) to an N-th region that are arranged in that order from the center region toward each shoulder region. The second regions (22) are regions as a pair symmetrical about the equatorial plane of the tire and so are the remaining regions including the N-th regions. Each of the regions from the first (20) to the N-th is made of a cross-linked rubber composition, and the material of each region is different from each other. Further, in each of the regions from the first (20) to the N-th, the hardness of the rubber in a center-side region adjoining an adjacent region is higher than the hardness of the rubber in a shoulder-side region adjoining an adjacent region. The hardness of the rubber of the first regions is higher than that of the rubber of the N-th regions.