French 1929 Majestic Motorcycle

Born between WWI and WWII, the Majectic was the creation of George Roy. At the time, he thought that to increase his chances of success he must build a model inspired by automobile design. And because art–deco style is big all over Europe, he creates this full body with louvers streamlined machine. Specifications are 500 CC Chaise engine, hub steering, sliding pillar suspension and of course a French Blue paint job. Maybe because too futuristic, manufacturing stopped in 1933 with a total of about 100 Majestic produced..

16 Responses to “French 1929 Majestic Motorcycle”


  1. 1 Hamilton Jun 23rd, 2011 at 7:07 am

    French cool.

  2. 2 Zipper Jun 23rd, 2011 at 7:43 am

    Very talented man. ..Z

  3. 3 Boss Hawg Jun 23rd, 2011 at 8:12 am

    Looks like a Jaguar.

    Boss Hawg

  4. 4 fluke Jun 23rd, 2011 at 8:17 am

    I saw an unrestored Majestic in a rural and almost forgotten French car museum about 20 years ago and since then has always been one of my favourite quirky bikes.

    The other thing with the Majestic is there were almost as many different types of engine used as there were bikes made. The frame is actually the body work you see, it being two pressed metal halves, so just about any small ( up to 500cc ish) engine would fit inside, and he used whatever he could get hold of or the customer wanted. Singles , twins and even a few 4 cylinders. In fact the Cleveland 4 cylinder was the original engine the bike was designed for but he seems to have supply issues so used whatever he could after that.

    Way ahead of his time.

  5. 5 chopperfreak29 Jun 23rd, 2011 at 3:07 pm

    Doesn’t look that fun to ride, but it sure is cool to look at.

  6. 6 Doc Robinson Jun 23rd, 2011 at 5:35 pm

    Aha! Now we see the wellspring of Cyril’s imagination. 🙂

  7. 7 Shifter Jun 23rd, 2011 at 5:42 pm

    Doc Robinson. I was thinking the same thing. Cyril, a fan of art deco, of course.

  8. 8 Wiz Jun 24th, 2011 at 4:55 am

    BUZZARE!!! Wiz

  9. 9 Bobber Dave Jun 24th, 2011 at 6:03 am

    It could easily be Arlen’s latest custom creation; very cool!

  10. 10 tedder Jun 24th, 2011 at 5:25 pm

    Does anyone know if their is an official name for this “French Blue” or where it might be ordered?. I’d like to use it.
    Thanks.

  11. 11 Шины Jun 25th, 2011 at 5:49 am

    beautiful, but it looks hard

  12. 12 nuno maroco Jun 26th, 2011 at 9:37 am

    What a incredible machine. Thinking outside the box.

  13. 13 fluke Jun 27th, 2011 at 3:37 am

    Tedder, I would get a tin of Humbrol #14 French blue model paint, paint something, get it spectogrammed and then get a match made with your favourite automotive paint.

    Humbrol Model paints are normally very well researched and acurate colour matches.

  14. 14 tedder Jul 9th, 2011 at 10:36 pm

    Thank you Fluke, really appreciate it.
    Tedder

  15. 15 tim glover Jan 6th, 2012 at 10:12 am

    hey does anybody know where i can get the technical drawings or more detailed pictures/plans i want to build of these bikes from scratch if possible if theres anywhere that sells the parts i suppose i could buy all the parts and put them together

  16. 16 Ray Jan 25th, 2012 at 3:17 pm

    Bonjour, message pour Tim Glover:
    je construit des Majestic en France
    mon mail ;gnome750x@yahoo.fr
    Salut
    Ray

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