DON'T DO IT! I owned a 2001 Aprilia mille and the ones made 98-03 had electrical issues. The issue involved your battery not holding a charge and it had to do with a "brown plug" thing or "brown wire" can't remember. I fixed mine but then my issue went to the starter relay. That's another problem. You have to buy a yamaha part and fix it with that one. And the worst part of it all is the dash resets itself sometimes. My dash wash soooo wacked somehow and what would happen is when I took the battery out, my RPM needle would literally click up a couple notches and stay there. So before I figured I'd have to keep tapping my terminals wires on the bike, I would ride around town with my rpm needle idling at 12k lol. Eventually I kept taping the pos/neg wires to the terminals so that the rpm needle sat at 0 when off. What was odd was one time when I touched the new battery to the wires it started the bike by itself, no key even in the ignition. I can't remember how I fixed that issue. Other than the electrical issues, the bike was cool I guess. You could switch from KPH to MPH so I bought it when the guy had it in KPH so the mileage was much less than I thought it would be. Also, you can set your own redline to wherever you want. It has a shift light to tell you when it hits the redline and it governs the bike. Before I fixed my rpm needle issue, I was trying to go fast and it was in 6th gear full throttle and it topped at 80 and wouldn't budge. That's when I discovered the governing rpm feature. It was pretty cool. The brakes are great, though the RC51 is pretty close. I've had the brembos on the mille, and the nissin on the rc, and the tokickos on the hayabusas/gsxr600 and the tokikos SUCK! Also, the Milles don't hold their value for whatever reason. They look really nice I guess, but the dual exhaust of the rc is better looking IMO and sounds better. The Mille sits very high up and is very slim. It feels A LOT like a dirt bike under you. The tank is plastic/composit which is delicate. Honestly, having owned the 2, the RC is much better in my opinion. Now, If you're looking at a Mille R, with the Ohlins and carbon fiber, that might be worth checking out. They look nice, but also, check for headlight spider cracking. And parts aren't that easy to get either. I hope this helped some. Good luck!