In 1958, rock star, Buddy Holly and his two band members, bought motorcycles in Dallas, Texas, and rode them home to Lubbock, Texas.
The two guys bought Triumphs, but Buddy opted for an Ariel Cyclone model. The cyclone was a one-year model and only a couple of hundred were made specifically for the US market. It had a hotter 40 BHP engine and a special paint scheme.
After Holly died, the Cyclone was purchased by a Texas collector and later bought back by the Crickets and given to country star, Waylon Jennings, who was a former Holly band member and best friend of Holly. Jennings put it on display at the Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville. After Jennings died it remained in the Jennings estate until it was purchased from the estate for nearly half a million US dollars.
The new owner (seen below) has donated it on permanent loan to the Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts in Lubbock, Texas.
The picture and the news item is from the pages of Classic Bike magazine.
The two guys bought Triumphs, but Buddy opted for an Ariel Cyclone model. The cyclone was a one-year model and only a couple of hundred were made specifically for the US market. It had a hotter 40 BHP engine and a special paint scheme.
After Holly died, the Cyclone was purchased by a Texas collector and later bought back by the Crickets and given to country star, Waylon Jennings, who was a former Holly band member and best friend of Holly. Jennings put it on display at the Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville. After Jennings died it remained in the Jennings estate until it was purchased from the estate for nearly half a million US dollars.
The new owner (seen below) has donated it on permanent loan to the Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts in Lubbock, Texas.
The picture and the news item is from the pages of Classic Bike magazine.
