FIRST LOOK: Yamaha's 2014 Lorenzo, Rossi MotoGP livery

Jorge Lorenzo has provide𒈔d a first look at this year's 2014 Yamaha MotoGP livery, via social media (below).

The design, to be raced by Lor🍒enzo and team-mate Valentino Rossi, was revealed during a ceremony in front of Yamaha deal♑ers in Jakarta - underlining Indonesia's importance in terms of motorcycle sales.

♒Again based on corporate colours, in the absence of a title sponsor, the lower part of the bike is almost identical to last year - but Yamaha has increased the amount of white on the upper part of the fairing and fuel tank (similar to th♌e 2012 livery).

Yamaha M1 1000cc, Brno MotoGP Test 15 August 2011
Yamaha M1 1000cc, Brno MotoGP Test 15 August 2011
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Jorge Lorenzo has provided a first look at this year's 2014 Yamaha MotoGP livery, via social meꦏdia (below).

The design, to be raced by Lorenzo and team-mate🍬 Valentino Rossi, was revealed during a ceremony in front of Yamaha dealers in Jakarta - underlining Indonesia's i꧂mportance in terms of motorcycle sales.

Again based on corporate colours, in the absence of a title sponsor, the lower part of the bike is almost identical to last year - but Yamaha has increaꦯsed the amount of white on the upper part of the fairing and fuel tank (similar to the 2012 livery).

By contrast the rear fender now has more blue, creating a slender white line ov🔴er the r✤ear wheel. The front wheel fender has switched from white, to blue with a while line on top.

No new sponsors are listed, although these may appear clos👍er to the start of the season. The main 'Yamaha' branding is however much larger than last year.

"I am very happy that I was able to attend the Yamaha Motor Indonesia Dealer Convention here today with our President Mr. Yanagi, Jorge, Vale, and Tsuji-san to give the Indonesian dealers an exclusive preview of our new colours for the 2014 season," said Lin Jarvis, director of Yamaha Racing. "The Indonesian market is the biggest in the world and MotoGP is enormously popular here so I really hope we can come here to race in the future.

"I would like to thank our hosts for making us so welcome and for their invaluable support to our MotoGP proje𝓡ct. We now look forward with impatience to the first Sepang test in just over two weeks fr🌸om now to start our 2014 title campaign."

Double world champion L🌌orenzo lost out on last year's MotoGP crown by just four points to Repsol Honda rookie Marc Marquez, despite requiring double collarbone surgery - and missing a race -꧟ due to two huge mid-season accidents.

Seven t🌺ime MotoGP title winner Rossi returned to Yamaha last season and clinched his first race win since 201🦩0 on the way to fourth in the final standings.

Lorenzo and Rossi will ride with their new colours for the first time during the opening pre-sea🐻son test at Sepang in Malaysia next mont🐓h.

Official pictures to follow...

For comparison, the 2013❀ and 2012 Yamaha liveries can be seen below:

2013 Yamaha MotoGP livery
2012 Yamaha MotoGP livery

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