Yamaha Reveals 2014 MotoGP Livery

Troy Siahaan
by Troy Siahaan

Earlier this month, we reported on the partnership between Yamaha and Movistar that would place the Spanish telecommunications company as title sponsor for the Yamaha MotoGP team for the next five years. The deal came at the eleventh hour, as contract negotiations and minor details needed to be sorted. Now, just days before the start of the 2014 season at the Grand Prix of Qatar, Yamaha has revealed its official 2014 MotoGP livery.

As you can see from the photos, the Movistar branding takes the prime spot on the fairings of Jorge Lorenzo’s and Valentino Rossi’s M1 machines, but it also shares a portion of that space with Yamaha’s secondary sponsor, Monster energy drinks. Nonetheless, with the blue background and familiar green letter “M,” to this MotoGP enthusiast, the graphics take me back a decade, to an era when Movistar branding was associated with Yamaha’s chief rival: Honda.

Check out the gallery of images below. What do you think of the graphics? Tell us in the comments section.

Troy Siahaan
Troy Siahaan

Troy's been riding motorcycles and writing about them since 2006, getting his start at Rider Magazine. From there, he moved to Sport Rider Magazine before finally landing at Motorcycle.com in 2011. A lifelong gearhead who didn't fully immerse himself in motorcycles until his teenage years, Troy's interests have always been in technology, performance, and going fast. Naturally, racing was the perfect avenue to combine all three. Troy has been racing nearly as long as he's been riding and has competed at the AMA national level. He's also won multiple club races throughout the country, culminating in a Utah Sport Bike Association championship in 2011. He has been invited as a guest instructor for the Yamaha Champions Riding School, and when he's not out riding, he's either wrenching on bikes or watching MotoGP.

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