Great Race Bike Livery of the Last 10 Years

Great Race Bike Livery from the last 10 years

As a racing nut and a designer, I always take special note of the livery that race teams come up with to show off their bikes. Most of the time these start with the sponsor colors and or logo (I imagine) so there is a color palette and style that evolves around the existing art. Other times, it is completely up to the rider or team what the bike looks like when there is a special race weekend.

Anyway, counting up from the year 2000, here are my picks for great race bike livery of the last 10 years…

2000 – Colin Edwards Castrol Honda

Colin Edwards Castrol Honda

2001 Valentino Rossi’s “Hawaiian” Honda NSR 500 (Mugello)

2001 Valentino Rossi Hawaiian Honda NSR 500

2002 Ben Bostrom Ducati 998

2002 Ben Bostrom Ducati 998

2003 Erion Honda CBR 600

2003 Erion Honda CBR 600

2004 Marco Melandri “Spider-Man” Yamaha M1

2004 Marco Melandri "Spider-Man" Yamaha M1

2005 Valentino Rossi’s 50th Anniversary Yamaha M1

2005 Valentino Rossi's 50th Anniversary Yamaha M1

2006 Alex Barros Klaffi Honda

2006 Alex Barros Klaffi Honda

2007 Jordan Suzuki

2007 Jordan Suzuki

2008 Yoshimura Suzuki

2009 Red Bull KTM

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