MOTORCYCLE TIRE

A motorcycle tire (1) comprises a tread portion (2) provided with a plurality of inner inclined grooves (10) and inclined narrow grooves (11) in both sides of a tire equator (C), wherein each inner inclined groove (10) extends from an axially inner end (10i) to the outer end (10o) with an angle of 0-20 degrees with respect to the tire circumferential direction; the inner end (10i) of the inner inclined groove is located in a developed length within 5% of the tread half developed-width (TWh) from the tire equator; each inner inclined groove (10) has a circumferential length of 70-85 % of a first pitch (P); each inclined narrow groove (11) has a groove width of 0.5 - 2.0 mm and is provided between circumferentially adjacent inner inclined grooves (10) and has an angle (¸2) with respect to the circumferential direction of the tire which is larger than the angle (¸1) of the inner inclined groove (10).