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…