By Joe Berk
I’ve been a Billy Joel fan for as long as I can remember, and I’m guessing if you are reading this blog, you are, too. I like everything about Billy Joel, and I especially like the fact that he is a fellow east coast guy and a motorcycle enthusiast.
Billy Joel is 77 years old now, and when you get on in years, things go south (don’t ask me how I know). He was diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) last year, a brain disorder where spinal fluid builds up in the brain. It usually occurs in older adults and it has no known cause. It’s incurable. Like a lot of things us older folks get, all the doctors can do is treat the symptoms, and the symptoms of this affliction are life altering.
As a result of the diagnosis, Billy Joel canceled all remaining concerts and he’s selling his motorcycle collection. His music is amazing; his successes even more so. Billy Joel has had 33 of his songs in the US Top 40. Just a few of his songs include It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me, Tell Her About It, We Didn’t Start the Fire, Piano Man, Uptown Girl, and Only the Good Die Young. There are many, many more. If you’re like me, when you read those titles you hear the music in your head.
Just a few of the motorcycles from the Billy Joel collection being auctioned (there are 70 in total) are shown below:
The motorcycles are all interesting, as Billy Joel’s taste in motorcycles is eclectic. The two-auction will take place on Friday, November 20, and Saturday, November 21, in New York. The bikes are being auctioned by Gooding Christie’s.
Sorry to hear of Joel’s heath issues.
For the longest time I thought he was mainly into moto Guzzi , I suppose it doesn’t matter .
I thought the same.