Yamaha Going Red, White and Black

[John Lorenz]

Well at least for one race



To commemorate their 50th Anniversary, and a successful year in racing this season, Yamaha has decided to adopt the company's traditional red, white and black racing colour scheme for the last round of the 2005 MotoGP World Championship at Valencia.

The move follows the Yamaha Factory Team's decision to race in the traditional yellow and black US racing colours in the US MotoGP round at Laguna Seca earlier in the season. As a result, the YZR-M1 machines of Yamaha Factory Team riders Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards will sport the red, white and black colours as seen on many of Yamaha's factory racing bikes from the past.

Back in 1975, exactly 30 years ago, Yamaha won its first GP500 world championship with Giacomo Agostini riding the then revolutionary two-stoke OW23 YZR500, which was also painted in Yamaha's corporate racing colours.

[MotoMan]

Looks pretty cool, I sure don't miss white plastic though.

[John Lorenz]

Originally Posted by MotoMan

Looks pretty cool, I sure don't miss white plastic though.

Yup that was a bugger to keep clean

[RICHIE500]

That is one saweeet machine ^^^

[kwmotocrosspunk]

uhhh very very nice!!

[schwen_108]

Back when. I remember in World Superbike, Nori Haga was racing for the Yamaha team and was sporting those colors. Except where it's white on those bikes, it was red. And it had minor differences than that stuff. Oh and it's not plastic It's carbon fiber

[Satch0922]

you guys know I love my Yamahas....and I know the white and red are the "official" colors of Yamaha.....but those bikes looked like crap in my opinion!!!!!!!! I think it was the white frame that looked like my swing set I had as a 4 year old ...

[John Lorenz]

Originally Posted by Satch0922

you guys know I love my Yamahas....and I know the white and red are the "official" colors of Yamaha.....but those bikes looked like crap in my opinion!!!!!!!! I think it was the white frame that looked like my swing set I had as a 4 year old ...

You Like Yamaha
BWAAAAHHHHAHAHHAHAHA

I always thought you was a Kawi man

[Satch0922]

Him funny! Actually the only bike I ever owned that wasn't a yamaha was a kawi...it was a 1972 KE100 10 speed....weighed a ton but was indestructible!

BTW...those white and red YZ's looked like crap! LOL

The white and red GP bikes look sweet though.

[crdude]

i always thoguht the white YZ's looked cool

[Keetoman393]

my brother had one of those pink... err, red and white Yamaha YZ125 back in the '80's. I want my Fuscia back!

BTW, those colors look good on the street bikes. I bet they were hard to keep clean.

[DPW]

If Yamaha switched back to yellow in a couple of years people would be wanting blue

[MotoMan]

Originally Posted by Keetoman393

my brother had one of those pink... err, red and white Yamaha YZ125 back in the '80's. I want my Fuscia back!

BTW, those colors look good on the street bikes. I bet they were hard to keep clean.

Um that would be Magenta, and it was started in '91.

BTW, I owned that bike in your pic Satch. '88 yz250.