Circa 1929 500 Cc Majestic On Display In The Haas Moto Museum In Dallas, Texas. Editorial Image

Pictured is the Circa 1929 500 cc Majestic on display in the Haas Moto Museum and Sculpture Gallery in Dallas, Texas. It was created by Georges Roy and used a pressed-steel monocoque chassis rather than a tube frame. What differentiated the Majestic from earlier efforts was its totally enveloping bodywork swooping pressed steel panels with unbroken lines from its beak-like nose to the sporting abbreviated tail. The sweeping curves of the design make the Majestic a brilliant Art Deco sculpture, and was made possible by the use of automotive ‘coachbuilding’ practice – placing a bespoke body onto a standardized chassis – for the first time on a motorcycle.