Yahama has been around GP racing for the past 50 years and to commemorate this silver anniversary, the Japanese motorcycle maker will be unveiling a special livery for the YZR-M1 motorbike. Likewise, this special livery will also dress up the brand?s MotoGP racebikes at Assen TT and Laguna Seca.
As for what you need to look out for with the bike, the ?YZR-M1 WGP50th Anniversary Edition? livery will come in a unique red and white paint scheme that celebrates the two-tone livery of the Yamaha Factory Racing team. There?s also a special 50th anniversary logo that will be used by the team this season. This logo will be displayed on the fuel tank of the 2011 YZR-M1 bike, as well as on the uniforms of all the members of the Yamaha Factory Racing Team, and team riders Jorge Lorenzo, the reigning MotoGP World Champion and 2010 Rookie of the Year Ben Spies.
The bike will make its official debut at a special event on June 22, 2011 where it will be broken in by no less than Lorenzo and Spies themselves. That event is still a little over a month away so in the meantime, you can check out photos and a video of the special edition bike.
Yamaha YZR-M1 WGP 50th Anniversary Edition originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 19 May 2011 22:30 EST.
Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/eKAYQvGPe-D/Yamaha+YZR+M1+WGP+50th+Anniversary+Edition
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