The Aspar Team officially presented its CRT MotoGP team including riders Randy de Puniet and Aleix Espargaro and the team’s new Aprilia RSV4-based race bikes.

Aspar is using an ART race bike which consists of an Aprilia-designed aluminum frame with an engine based on the RSV4′s powerplant. Whereas Aprilia claims an output of 178 hp from the production engine, Aspar claims the ART’s 65-degree V4 engine produces over 220 hp. Max speed is said to be over 205 mph.

The team will compete under the name Power Electronics Aspar and will wear the blue color of the team’s title sponsor, a Spanish power generator producer. Continue Reading »

Ducati has revealed a new art collection featuring nine-time Grand Prix World Champion and current Ducati MotoGP factory rider Valentino Rossi.

Available at DucatiArt.com, the collection features five vividly coloured pieces created by Polish artist Patryk Kuleta. The five pieces are titled The Fight (pictured above), 46 Reasons, First Ride, Front Runner and Perpetually Stronger. Ducati Art is offering a limited run of 46 of each print, representing Rossi’s signature number.

Fans of Rossi and Ducati can order prints from the collection in a variety of sizes and four different media: canvas, fine art paper, cultbound and cultplex.

[Source: Cultwork, Ducati]

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Contemporary Artist Derek Kinzett is based out of the U.K. and works with wire to create some stunning sculptures. I cant imagine how long it must have taken to make this Harley-Davidson replica but I am sure he is well compensated.  Kinzett has even been commissioned by Nicolas Cage, hopefully he received his payment before Cage’s IRS bill came in…

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Harley-Davidson gathered 11 of today’s most relevant and exciting artists to present their take on the theme of rebellion.

Because the event was so popular, The Art of Rebellion one-night only event quickly became a month long showing. Artwork was for sale and the proceeds were donated to Art Matters, a foundation that assists socially and aesthetically groundbreaking artists.

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This creative painting is the work of Alan MacDonald, born in Malawi, Central Africa; he studied fine art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee, Scotland and at the Cyprus College of Art in Paphos, Cyprus.

MacDonald currently lives and works in Carnoustie, Scotland and has exhibits coming to the U.S. this year at the Stewart Gallery at the International Art Fair, Pasadena, Los Angeles and next year at Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC. This work is the best motorcycle art I’ve see since the “Bug Art” exhibit by A.D. Maddox.

Check out some more pieces after the jump.

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Being an artist, A.D. Maddox (pictured above) believed that all of the dead bugs accumulated on her leather jacket while riding her motorcycle were going to waste and could lead to an artistic endeavor. Her creative solution?  Slap on a painting to the front of her Ducati and bring her art to another level.

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