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Billy Joel on Cafe racers
« on: July 20, 2009, 04:10:37 PM »
Good stuff...scroll down for the Billy Joel interview...

http://www.pipeburn.com/home/tag/cafe-racer


Thanks to Pipeburn for his blog.

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Re: Billy Joel on Cafe racers
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2009, 04:46:18 PM »
sweet stuff, thanks!
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Re: Billy Joel on Cafe racers
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2009, 09:35:29 PM »
that was good, thanks andy. i knew he was into bikes but thought it was just indians and harleys.

that he has a royal enfield suggests he didn't just flip open some rag and randomly choose a trendy bike. liked his explanation of post war tastes too.
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Re: Billy Joel on Cafe racers
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2009, 12:10:35 AM »
cool interview, i knew he was into bikes but he obviously not only likes em but KNOWS motorcycles as well.
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Re: Billy Joel on Cafe racers
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2009, 12:27:03 PM »
That yellow Ducati looks awesome.
 
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Re: Billy Joel on Cafe racers
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2009, 12:14:02 PM »
I liked Billy Joel before, but now I like him even more.  Funny what motorcycles can do....
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Re: Billy Joel on Cafe racers
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2009, 04:36:45 PM »
glad to see he's not a harley weenie, i wondered after he was on AC
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Re: Billy Joel on Cafe racers
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2009, 10:07:57 AM »
Quote from: andy750 on July 20, 2009, 04:10:37 PM
Good stuff...scroll down for the Billy Joel interview...

http://www.pipeburn.com/home/tag/cafe-racer


Thanks to Pipeburn for his blog.

cheers
Andy
Cool interview! I knew he loved old American bikes, so it's cool that he digs cafes too! 2wheel love!
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