01/12/2025
The Haas team extends heartfelt condolences to the friends and family of Sebastien Valliergues, also known as George Woodman. His artistry and passion live on through his incredible creations, including Smoking Black Fish, which stands proudly in the custom shop of the Haas Moto Museum.
“A remarkable hybrid of vintage provenance, and modern artistic flare, this rugged Belgian FN type M708 from 1929, boasts a proud heritage as part of the ‘Sahara’ line of Belgian cycles celebrated for crossing the 3000-mile Sahara Desert. In the hands of master craftsman George Woodman, the FN was enhanced with a new aluminum, wood and leather seat unit, hand formed wooden cowl housing an offset headlight, a wooden guard for the singles velocity stack, and other bespoke features, including the hand etching of a fish on its fish tail exhaust. Woodman has produced only a few custom cycles from his shop in Biarritz, France and the Smoking Black Fish is the first one ever sold, after Woodman approached the Haas Museum and expressed his desire to have this creation installed in the museum.”
For this, we are extremely proud and honored to continue to display this piece of his legacy.
