Motorcycle tire

A motorcycle tire (1) comprises a tread portion (2) provided with first T-grooves (11A) and second T-grooves (11B) arranged and oriented alternately along the tire equator (C); each of the first and second T-grooves comprising a main portion (12A, 12B) and a branch portion (13A, 13B), wherein the angles of the main portion (12A, 12B) and branch portion (13A, 13B) are gradually increasing with respect to the tire circumferential direction toward the tread edges (2t); the axial distances (L1, L2) of a branching point (14A, 14B) and an inside end (12Ai, 12Bi) of the main portion with regard to the tire equator (C) are not more than 25 % of the distance between the tire equator (C) and the tread edges (2t); and the the circumferential distance (L3) from the inside end (12Ai, 12Bi) of the main portion (12A, 12B) to the circumferentially adjacent T-groove is 5 to 15 % of the circumferential pitch length (P2) of the first T-grooves.