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NCR Millona NCR Takes the Desmosedici to New Heights

NCR Millona 16 – Click above for high-res image gallery

You might think that the Ducati Desmosedici RR, the Italian firm's limited production MotoGP motorcycle for the street, is plenty good enough in stock form. And you'd mostly be correct, but then again there's always room for improvement, right?

Enter legendary motorcycle tuner NCR, which has taken the standard (is there really such a thing?) Desmosedici and turned it into what may be the most desirable sportbike on the planet. To do so, the company employed lots of carbon fiber. The composite material makes up everything from the frame, rear subframe, swingarm, fuel tanks, fairings and wheels to items such as the paddock stand.

A minimalist undertail exhaust system is bent from lightweight titanium, and NCR completes the package with a racing slipper clutch, lightened gearbox, ceramic matrix disc brakes with Brembo monobloc caliper, fully adjustable top-shelf Ohlins suspension front and rear and finally a fully custom ECU with traction control, data acquisition and telemetry systems.

All told, the NCR Millano 16 weights just 319 pounds and is motivated by over 200 horsepower at the rear wheel. Contact NCR for pricing information, if you want one. And, you do want one... trust us.

Gallery: NCR Millona 16

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Tom Cruise Gets a Pricey Ducati

by Laura Malesich (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Celebrity Shopping

The arrival of the Ducati Desmosedici RR has been greatly anticipated since it was first announced over a year ago and the first one in the U.S. will be delivered to Mr. Mission Impossible himself -- Tom Cruise. With only 1500 of these primo bikes produced, he'll be part of an elite group of motorcycle enthusiasts and Ducati collectors. Now Cruise will have the power of over 200 horses between his legs for which he paid a hefty price of $72,500.

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