In the early 1920s, Georges Roy began experimenting with building motorcycles. He wanted to build bikes without a conventional tube frame to achieve better performance at higher speeds and to give them an Art Deco look.
In 1926, his “New Motorcycle” was completed and patented, but it was not successful. This was due to poor service and sales. That did not stop Roy, as he went back to the drawing board.
In 1929, he introduced the Art Deco Majestic motorcycle. The bike had some unique features: hub-centered steering, no rear suspension, a steel-mounted rigid rear hub, enclosed mechanicals, and more. Many of these features were used to give the Majestic motorcycles an Art Deco look.
In 1930, Roy sold the rights to the Majestic to a company named Delachanal, which eventually went bankrupt. So, what happened to Roy? He went back to the knitting industry, no joke; that was his profession before working on motorcycle designs.
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