Two weeks ago, we revealed George Woodman’s cute little Honda SS50. But George had a further ace up his sleeve: he was working on another, equally quirky project.
Et voilà, here it is: a stunning 1972 Aermacchi 350 TV SS, adorned with George’s signature wooden touches. (And if the Italian marque sounds familiar to our readers in the US, it?s because Harley had a half stake in the company in the 1960s.)

This custom belongs to the French cinematographer Axel Cosnefroy, who commissioned the build with zero creative direction.
Even the choice of donor was left up to George, whose real name is actually Sébastien Valliergues. That faith was not misplaced: the Biarritz-based woodcrafter only builds two or three bikes a year, as a sideline gig, but every single one is a smash hit. He even has a bike in the prestigious Haas Moto Museum.
Sébastien’s been drawn to the Aermacchi’s horizontally mounted motor for quite some time, so when he received the open brief, it was time to find one.
He eventually found a suitable donor on Leboncoin?a French buy-and-sell website. And by ‘suitable,’ we mean in dire need of saving.

?The bike was not in good condition when I bought it,? Sébastien tells us. ?Some ?restorations? were necessary before anything else.?
That restoration included a full rewire, complete with a new stator and a small Ultrabatt battery. Sébastien also replaced the stock exhaust system with a new header and can.

The fork tubes ...