Originally Posted by
RobbieTunes
...They were raced, in pink, by Centurion's female team (Rebecca Twigg, among others).
After that, the team, like many others, raced re-badged custom bikes.
The 1986 lineup was crowded, and Centurion had just shed the expensive Prestige, the expensive (Italian) Equipe, and had pretty much completely changed over it's graphics. The Ironman was right there, and the Facet was probably not selling the number to justify the expense...
Robbie, are you sure on some of these facts? To the best of my knowledge. Twigg was still racing for 7-Eleven in 1986 and the Facets used by Centurion/Texas Metros were the standard yellow and black livery. As for the Prestige, it may not have been dropped for 1986. The database verifies it's existence in 1985 and 1989 but nothing in between. 1989 could have been a re-introduction or it could have been produced continuously and we simply do not have examples for the interim years. if there some new evidence?