The purple rain motorbike was a 1981 Hondamatic CM400A, customized. (It also had hot pink velour inserts.) There were one or two stunt bikes used in Purple Rain, and they were not an automatic transmission.

The bike in Graffiti Bridge was the same 1981 bike. He had it repainted and re-customized in black and gold for that era.

He still owned is original 1981 bike (GB era painted), and one of the purple stunt bikes (PR movie detailing). Both are at Paisley Park somewhere.

TrivialPursuit said:

The purple rain motorbike was a 1981 Hondamatic CM400A, customized. (It also had hot pink velour inserts.) There were one or two stunt bikes used in Purple Rain, and they were not an automatic transmission.

The bike in Graffiti Bridge was the same 1981 bike. He had it repainted and re-customized in black and gold for that era.

He still owned is original 1981 bike (GB era painted), and one of the purple stunt bikes (PR movie detailing). Both are at Paisley Park somewhere.

That´s interesting. I´ve seen both bikes on display at Paisley Park and always thought that they were two different bikes (because I saw both bikes at Paisley). So the purple bike at Paisley must´ve been a stunt bike.

By the way, not sure if you´ve already noticed it but one of the stunt bikes in Purple Rain (Lake Minnetonka scene) has totally different tires in that one particular scene (knobby, all terrain tires instead of slick ones).

KoolEaze said:

That´s interesting. I´ve seen both bikes on display at Paisley Park and always thought that they were two different bikes (because I saw both bikes at Paisley). So the purple bike at Paisley must´ve been a stunt bike.

By the way, not sure if you´ve already noticed it but one of the stunt bikes in Purple Rain (Lake Minnetonka scene) has totally different tires in that one particular scene (knobby, all terrain tires instead of slick ones).

Yep, the tire thing always seemed too obvious of an error to me, but possibly one that couldn't be fixed so easily. Seems like they're different in another scene, too.

PS I found this on IMDB while reading trivia:

Three different Honda motorcycles portray Prince's motorcycle. The one that he rides is a highly stylized 1981 Hondamatic CB400A automatic with custom faring, handlebars, seats and sissy bar, as well as spoked wheels. Stunt riders rode 2 manual CB400s made to look like his bike. Sometimes when The Kid does crazy bike manoeuvres, the clutch is visible, indicating a stunt rider on a manual bike.

Elvie said:

I've just got my first "grown up" bike and started wondering what type Prince had. I guess that he had more than one. Does anyone know?

I want to know the make and model pedal cycle he had.

sulls said:

Oh. THAT kind of bike...

I thought she was talking about a regular bike too

Marrk said:

My 1st motorcycle was a black '72 Honda CB750K with a Vetter fairing and a king and queen seat with backrest, similar to Prince's motorcycle. Whenever I would ride over my friends house, they would start blasting When Dove's Cry from the radio in the garage.........

mrfog said:

Lots of info here: http://www.motor1.com/new...otorcycle/

Interesting article, thanks. But I don´t understand this part: " the bike had its wheels changed from Comstar alloys to spokes...".

As far as I can tell, the bike still has those alloy wheels on the album cover, not spokes.

36C22W37H said:

Elvie said:

Marrk said:

Elvie said:

I've just got my first "grown up" bike and started wondering what type Prince had. I guess that he had more than one. Does anyone know?

I want to know the make and model pedal cycle he had.

Yeah me too.. I should have said pushbike (pedal to you guys across the water ).

It looks like a hybrid leisure style. I have a Globe Specilized 18", but I expect his was more exciting.

I thought the question referred to a bicycle too.

I always forget how petite P was until I see mentions like this about how tiny his motorcycle was because it was in proportion to his size and he was filmed at angles that made him appear average sized to me.

Lil cutie P was actually teeny! Lol