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Carey Hart and Pink may have split, but that doesn’t mean they’re not still close.

“We talk all the time and try to stay connected as much as possible,” Hart told PEOPLE at the opening of his new Las Vegas club, Wasted Space, in the Hard Rock Hotel. “It’s a tough situation to be in but I love her to death.”

And though they are not longer a couple, Hart confesses he still misses his ex. “I miss everything about her,” he says. And in the wake of their split, “I became a workaholic,” says the motocross star. “I work 19 hours a day.”

Carey, who married Pink in 2006 and split in February, isn’t ready to move on.

Says Hart: “I’m not in any rush to get back into a relationship.”

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He may be in the middle of a divorce, but Carey Hart has nothing but good things to say about estranged wife Pink.

“Above and beyond everything, we are the best of friends and she is the love of my life,” he told PEOPLE in Las Vegas Monday night, breaking his silence about their separation (announced last month). “We talk all the time.”

The freestyle motocross star, speaking at the grand opening of Ago restaurant inside the Hard Rock Hotel, declined to comment further. Instead, the 32-year-old spent the remainder of the evening chatting with a small group of male friends inside he eatery, sipping red wine and taking a few pictures.

The hotel has become something of a safe haven for Hart, a Las Vegas native. This summer, he’s slated to open a new bar, Wasted Space, inside the complex.

“It’s about rock and roll decadence,” he said. “It’s everything a rock and roll bar should be – dark, gritty, comfortable with plenty of booze and a lot of loud, rocking-out music.”

Hart met Pink at the 2001 X Games. They split for a time in 2003, but tied the knot with a non-denominational ceremony in Costa Rica in January 2006.

The singer, 28, has also been quick to defend her ex, calling him a “good man.” She also insisted that their breakup is “not about cheating, anger or fighting.”

Pink and her biker husband of two years Carey Hart are divorcing, their rep tells Usmagazine.com.

“Pink and Carey Hart have separated,” Michele Schweitzer, the singer’s publicist, tells Us. “This decision was made by best friends with a huge amount of love and respect for one another. While the marriage is over, their friendship has never been stronger.”

Pink, 28, and Hart, 32, married January 2006 in Costa Rica. Lisa Marie Presley was one of 100 guests at the non-denominational ceremony.

In September 2007, Us reported the marriage was on the rocks after the singer was overheard telling friends at Hollywood hotspot Eleven, “we’re just not getting along anymore. We each need our space.”

At the time, her rep denied there were problems.