Billy Joel’s Legendary Bike Assortment Is Headed To The Public sale Block

From Keanu Reeves to Jay Leno to Tom Cruise, there are many celebrities with motorcycle collections. Singer Billy Joel could have one of many coolest. Over time, the musician has amassed a collection of over 70 vintage motorcycles, and they’re now going to public sale. 

Joel has been accumulating and restoring classic bikes for many years. He even operated twentieth Century Cycles, a motorcycle museum and restore store on Long Island, for 15 years earlier than it closed in 2025. But Joel would not simply accumulate — he rides. He even bought in an notorious bike accident in 1982 that broken his left hand.

“I’ve all the time been drawn to bikes constructed by individuals who cared about getting each element proper,” Joel mentioned in a press release (via Gooding Christie’s). “I’ve cherished constructing this assortment. Now it is another person’s flip to hit the highway.” The 70 classic bikes will likely be auctioned by Gooding Christie’s and Retromobile New York Auctions on November twentieth and twenty first, positioned on the Javits Center in New York City. Money raised on the public sale will go in direction of the non-profit Joel Foundation, which funds college students and native music organizations. 

Billy Joel did not seem to discriminate when it got here to purchasing classic bikes. The public sale consists of bikes from Ducati, Kawasaki, Yamaha, Harley-Davidson, Triumph, Honda, and BMW. There are just a few standouts in Joel’s assortment which can be anticipated to usher in tens of hundreds of {dollars}. The first is the 1978 Triumph T140 Bonneville, which may stand up to $15,000 at public sale. The customized paint job incorporates a glowing blue physique with piano keys on the gas tank and “Billy Joel 150” written on the air field. Madison Square Garden gave this to Joel as a present after he offered out his one hundred and fiftieth present, making it fairly particular to followers of the musician.

Another fascinating bike is the 1982 Ducati 900 Mike Hailwood duplicate, price as much as $25,000. This is a convincing duplicate of the superbike that Hailwood rode when he received the 1978 Isle of Man. This iconic race continues to be going to this present day regardless of being thought-about one of many most dangerous races of all time resulting from its 219 turns over practically 38 miles. 

The 1975 Ducati 750 Sport is one other bike to look at, anticipated to promote for as much as $35,000. Produced between 1973 and 1978, this Ducati is usually thought-about one of the lovely bikes ever made. But it additionally had unbelievable efficiency on the time due to its L-twin-engine making 65 horsepower, giving it a fascinating racing heritage. Joel’s 750 Sport has been fully restored, standing out in a brilliant yellow.