A motorcycle tire comprises a radial carcass ply (1), the carcass in each bead region being turned axially outward around a bead hoop (7) to form a turnup ply portion (8), the tire having a camber value C/L in the range 0.5 to 0.7 characterized in that the tread (6) is provided with a bandage ply (2) disposed radially outward of the carcass ply (1) and comprising cords disposed parallel to the circumferential direction and in the tread central portion the bandage ply (2) is adjacent to the carcass ply (1) and in the axial edge portions of the tread the bandage ply (2) is spaced apart from the carcass ply (1) by a reinforcing strip (3) comprising at least one reinforcing ply comprising textile reinforcing elements disposed at an angle to the tire circumferential direction, the radially outer edge (10) of each turnup portion is separated from the adjacent edge of the reinforcing strip (3) by a distance of at least 5 mm.