Billy Joel offers goodbye to his motorcycle store.
The 20th century cycles on Long Island, New York, were opened in 2010 by Honesty Hitmaker to maintain, restore and customize its collection of more than 75 bikes as well as show them to the public for free.
After the iconic musician was diagnosed with a rare brain disorder, especially, usually Presshydrocephalus, he is ready to close the doors of his September store, his spokesman told The independent.
In addition, all his beloved, huge collection of motorcycles would be auctioned later in the year, as the bikes from the store have already moved out.
But the store is currently open in recent weekends to sell new, used and vintage motorcycle parts that were in stock.
Ted Bahr, who owns a vintage rock -poster gallery next to the 20th century cycles, said, “I think everyone in Oyster Bay would agree that it is a huge loss.”
“Billy’s place is visited on the weekends of dozens and dozens of people, typically on motorcycles, but also people in cars. People come up and look at the window all the time. I mean, it’s a real destination. Billy Joel is a real superstar and he’s a hometown boy, so it’s really unlucky,” he concluded.
Billy Joel’s diagnostic diagnosis message was published earlier this year as the problem began to prevent his hearing, vision and balance.
“Billy Joel has announced that he will cancel all planned concerts after a recent diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). This condition has been exacerbated by recent concert performance, leading to hearing, vision and balance problems,” the statement reads at the time.
