Just a few days after the launch of the Dirt-RAD, which is based on a 1989 Yamaha XT 600, the nice guys from Spanish aftermarket company Radical Ducati go back to their first love, the Ducatis, introducing this new special bike: meet the Pata Negra.

The model is an evolution of the RAD 02 Montjuich, which has been perfected even further by the Madrid-based tuner. Frame, rear frame, front bracket and swingarm are made of aluminum, while carbon fibre has been used for all of its fairing bits: fuel tank and mudguards included. Besides, the Pata Negra comes with a slew of top notch components such as Rizoma footpegs, EVR electronics, K service suspension, Discacciati braking system and a 2 in 1 exhaust system by Wolfman with a Spark megaphone muffler.

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Sooner or later, it was bound to happen anyway. For once, Pepo Rosell and Reyes Ramon of renowned aftermarket company Radical Ducati put their love for the Italian desmo machines aside and turned their attention to a Japanese motorcycle from the 80s, and the result is the awesome bike you can admire in these pictures. The model is called Dirt-Rad and is based on a pretty famous motorcycle, a 1989 Yamaha XT 600.

The original frame was cut, modified and connected to the fork of a FZR600, the engine was re-built with new ported heads and the exhaust system is made of Wolfman ‘2-in-1′ connecting pipes and terminates with a captivating Spark GP megaphone. The Dirt-RAD comes with 18″ wheels with aluminum Akront rims and stainless steal spoke fitted with Pirelli Skorpion tyres, whereas the braking system was lifted from a Ducati S4RS. The fuel tank comes from 1970’s Ducati 250, while the saddle is borrowed from a Pursang Bultaco.

This Dirt-RAD by Radical Ducati uses in-house hand-built mudguards, the front one made in aluminum and the rear one in carbon fibre. Other remarkable features of the model include Hagoon rear shock, Rizoma handlebar, Puch head light and an aluminum road racing chain guard taken from a Ducati 916. The Madrid-based company will soon show off its Dirt-RAD at the second edition of the “Metamorfosis Masiva“, a style contest open to single cylinder bikes only.

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Renowned tuning company Radical Ducati has teamed up with Dragon TT designers to create a new bodykit for the current Ducati Superbikes range called Vendetta and - true to their name - what they have come up with is something more than a simple ‘facelift’. In fact, any Ducati 848/1098/1198 that will undergo the Vendetta treatment will end up looking like a completely different beast.

The Vendetta bodykit presented by the two Spanish companies makes the Ducatis look slimmer, more compact and, in a way, more aggressive. It doesn’t require any particular intervention to get fitted on the bike and is available in both carbon fiber and fiberglass. In comparison to Ducati’s standard bodywork, the tank is bigger, the air flow around the bike better (which should translate into better performance as well) and, quite obviously, it is lighter.

More specifically, the Vendetta kit consists of: front fairing with 2 high beam and 2 low beam ellipsoidal lights , windscreen, aluminum front bracket, sidepanels with incorporated blinkers, bellypan, fuel tank, air funnels, single seat with incorporated leds rear light, seat under-tray and silencers adaptors. We can hear Ducati purists’ teeth grinding but… what else could you ask for?

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The guys from Radical Ducati have created another machine - this RAD 02 Corsa Evo, which is a higher performance, track going version of the RAD 02 Corsa. The reigning principle behind the Evo version has been to create a beautiful superbike that is even lighter than the previous standard model.

The short tail end is made from carbonfibre and other composite materials have also been used for the frame. Spanish designer Carlos Beltran has created the rear part of the bike, while at the front we see the slender work of the Dragon TT studio. The only thing in common with the previous Corsa is the fuel tank which Radical Ducati says was too perfect to change.

The motor used is an ST3 engine - the same three-valve desmo which equipped the sport touring model, while the chassis has been developed from the latest Superbike models, but reworked in aluminium. Specific figures aren’t available, but more kilos would definitely have been shaved off the 130 kg dry weight of the RAD 02 Corsa.

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