Of the various bike fads, that was a rather short one!
I mostly recall it from race photos. A rider for Mike Fatka's Skunk River Cyclists had "Raleigh" on the fork blades of his Raleigh Team bike when I was at the 1982 Iron Horse Classic in Durango, CO....
this was long before digital cameras, so that lack of focus and grain is like the friction shifting of photography.
plus.. this is a small section of the whole photo.....
I've got an '82 Olmo with the name plastered all over the place, even on the back of the seat tube. It doesn't make for a good picture for Velonews, but it does let people know what bike they are drafting...
Steve in Peoria