Michael Rutter and the NorthWest 200 Yamaha team will be running Coca Cola Zero colours in this year's Britsh Superbike Championship, the squad announced today.

And the Irish road race race itself will also be backed by the drinks giant, harking back to the days in the 90s when it was also the Coca-Cola NorthWest 200.

“The British Superbike championship proved to be an excellent marketing tool for the North West 200 during the 2008 season and we are very excited to be entering the 2009 series with a new partner in Coca Cola Zero," said NW200's Alastair Kennedy.

The team, run by Rob Mac Yamaha, will also have Coca-Cola livery on Dan Linfoot's Supersport bike while Chris Walker and Graeme Gowland will stick to the Henderson colours.