Originally Posted by Hdbigblue

I spoke first to the people at Procharger, and they recommended Drago's bike works. I spoke to Frank Drago, and he went through a whole slew of options for a clean, well performing motor supercharger build. Frank is very knowledgeable about motors, and he spent allot of time with me going over every detail. Building high horsepower/ torque motors is all he does. He builds these motors and setups for people all around the world.
The position of the intercooler is on the side because the front mounted intercooler would have hit the fender in a hard braking, or if I hit a pot hole. However I did have to modify the Aluminum bracket a couple time to get it not to break. Plus I installed a rubber mount from a modified shovelhead battery/ oil bladder mount. It does not interfere with my riding position at all. The higher mount also does't get the rocks and other road debris hitting it, and damaging the intercooler, since i ride mine all the time here in the Northwest. The belt drive is very dependable and tough. The outside belt is a Gates belt used by a ton of cars as timing belts, and the inner is also a Gates belt specially built for Procharger to handle the heat and oil bath of the inner primary. The kit cost in the mid 5k for all the billet aluminum cases and everything you need for your individual bike, plus the supercharger. Installation takes between four to six hours and no special tools are required. The belt themselves last any where between 2500, to 10000 miles, depending on how hard you ride. I ride hard and travel allot, and mine I change every five thousand miles when I do the oil changes.With this new type of belt now it has lasted much longer,
Ride ability is the funnest part. I get really good gas mileage on the freeway, and of coarse if you get on it allot not so much! The bike can pass a semi doing 55 mph in mere seconds and you will find yourself in the 100-110 mph before you know it on pump gas. I has eaten two Hyabusas so far, and I love the look on their faces when I do. In fact I find it hard to not slip back on the seat when I open it up, almost off of the seat. So hang on tight.

Originally Posted by ThunderTruck

Thank you for the detailed response, what's even more impressive is the amount of riding you're doing with it and not just a garage queen.
If you're willing to answer did you drop the whole bike to Dragos in Illinois or just the motor and assemble yourself?

Originally Posted by ctluba

So I’m thinking about trying apes for the summer. I know, i know, not sure if they go with the look of the bike, but always wanted to try em and i can switch back at any time because I’ll have the original bars and cables etc