Il y a à peu près un an, avant de sortir l'article sur Wikipedia sur la 666 donné plus haut, je m'étais demandé qu'est-ce que c'était que cette bécane dont on n'avait plus entendu parler. Et comme elle ressemblait fortement à la Millona de chez NCR, comme les mails que j'ai envoyé chez Bimota sont restés lettre morte, je leur ai posé la question (j'ai toujours eu moins de soucis de communication avec les "petits" - Vyrus ou NCR - qu'avec le grand "Bimota").

Voilà, dans la langue de Shakespeare, les échanges de mail que j'ai eu avec le boss de chez NCR, Michele Poggipolini :

Moi : Hello,
I'm writing an article about italian bike.
NCR Millona seems to be the same bike than Bimota 666 LE. Does Bimota rename NCR's bike ?
Thanks you.
Dédélembrouille

Lui : Hello,
i explain you what is the Bimota 666LE:
In 2002 NCR built is first motorcycle: 100ONE.
Once the development of this motorcycle was completed, the all project was sold to to Bimota.
Bimota used one of the first NCR 100ONE prototypes, painting them with their colors and they presented this bike with the 666 name.
But after less than 1 year, Bimota failed and we took back the 100ONE project and in 2004 we presented the prototype of the 100ONE evolution: NCR MILLONA.
The NCR MILLONA production started in 2005 and we are still producing only on demand and handmade this incredible motorcycle only for racing use.

I hope that i have clarified this point.
Thank you and let me know if you need more info.

All the best,
Michele Poggipolini


Moi : Hello,
Thank you for this elements.
Do you know how many Bimota 666/NCR 100One are made ?
All the Bimota 666/NCR 100One have been transformed in NCR Millona or we can already seen one of this bike ?


Lui : Hello,
there is only 1 NCR 100One and no Bimota 666 were produced.
This bike belongs to a private customer so cannot be seen.

Thank you very much,
Michele Poggipolini