What ever happened to the original cycle? Anyone know?

Just wondering if it's in a museum someplace, or if Prince maybe tore it down. lol

The two bikes (one is a stunt bike still purple and the other painted black for Graffiti Bridge) on display at Paisley Park.

MantuaPharoah said:

What ever happened to the original cycle? Anyone know?

Just wondering if it's in a museum someplace, or if Prince maybe tore it down. lol

I was one of the faithful who paid $10 for a polaroid of me sitting on what we were told was the Graffiti Bridge bike during Xenophobia.

The stunt bike was gifted by Prince to Big Chick. It was put up for auction on Ebay back in the 00's where I grabbed a number of photos (sadly, a few hard drives and many years later, I can only find this one as of now). If memory serves correctly, there were some modifcations mentioned in the listing (of which the seat can be noticed in this photo) and I believe the listing was ended early.

Whether this was because it was being advertised elsewhere, or the family decided not to sell it, or whether Prince's people stepped in and purchased it from them (which is highly possible, being in the same locale) is left for us to ponder.

Anyway, for what it's worth, here's the shot of the bike on what one presumes is their front lawn:
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^ wow, what a beautiful pic..

from Graffiti Bridge:


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and Purple Rain:


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[img:$uid]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/ecnirp2004/Prince/motorbike19843_zpsef7bb9a6.jpg[/img:$uid]

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All credits goes to, the guy who made it (not gonna mention the name here)...

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