Re: Drouin Supercharger/Aisin supercharger

Dan,

I've had 3 Drouins, one w/o adjustable flat belt, but possible to remedy
and 2 of the adjustable flat belt light wt. impeller kind. I got the
last ones
available that showed up from a couple of N. East coast extremists of
the era.
http://nortoncommando.com/start.htm [Norton Eye Candy to see!]

I know of maybe one Drouin left from ~4 yr ago while tracking them.
It was to be adapted to a Sporter but he lost interest as it was non
adj. belt type so needed machinist to update/modify.

I sold the mate of my pair to biker/machiist that reengineered
soup to nuts. Now ~4 yr, each time I check in he's more and more
pleased on mostly stock 850, even takes couple hundered mile
round trips on one belt and loving it more and more.

Tom Drouin may have created one of the deadliest add ons in
motorcycle history short of the front fender passenger seats though
never heard of deaths from front seats but sure have from Drouins'
deadly sticking Lake, one pull cable-spring only return, flat slide.
My mate started his on the Lake [ open tap to flood open tube
at bottom, shut off, start bike on fuel pddle OR ELSE, then try
to open tap before dies, but after that, to a man all calim uncannty
smoothness, even if unable to ilde very slow]
 but he said even mere blips in his shop, he felt the
hesitations of shut down and told me he'd not move it till normal
carb fitted. Now he's working up to bigger CV carb for MO power.

This is remarkable good news to me as each and every prior
user always soon crashed, died, divorced or bankrupted before
enough use for Drouins to show up at rallys or anywhere much.
I'm pensive deep down, only cavalier  in rocking chair day dreams.

If not for Ms Peel chassis modifications, Drouin could easy over
power cornering stability and brakes and tires and chain and
tranny and spokes and fates. You think my posts are of wild
abandon to G's, I've never posted to level of Mike or Bruce
and John have on description of acceleration ability, compared
to GP bikes and Nitrus injected sports rockets they own. I've
saved them - if bored by the ordinary.

hobot

Here's Mike's classy 850 with early two stage scab on belt drive
centrifugal version. It might still be available somewhere in UK>
http://www.captain.norton.clara.net/pic9.html#pic9.top

I've not put up any photo's of Peel dressed out Droiun, just
examples that mostly match, but wlll as happens.

hobot









dan mcmanus wrote: