A Brief History of the Marque
Founded by Georges Aubier and his American son-in-law John Dunne in 1921 at Saint-Amand-les-Eaux in north-western France.
The firm also built aviation engines including inverted twostroke twins and triples used in light aircraft such as the Flying Flea.
Aubier & Dunne motorcycles were produced from 1926 to 1929, most of which were powered by their 175cc two-stroke, but there was also an advanced four-stroke OHC unit-construction twin produced in 1929. The firm continued to build BMA machines of 100 and 125cc. In the early thirties the Italian engineer Giuseppe Remondini joined the firm and designed a range of engines which were very well received.
John Dunne married Suzanne Aubier whilst based in France at the military base in Libourne after WWI, and after a short stay in Magnolia Illinois they returned to France.
The marque was absorbed by Automoto in the early 1950s.
Paris Salon de l'Automobile, Octobre 1948
AUBIER-DUNNE ENGINES
MOTEURS AUBIER-DUNNE
Après une année de remise en marche des fabrications et une installation dans une nouvelle usine plus spacieuse, mais toujours située à Saint-Amand, le rythme des fabrications tend à s'accroître progressivement. Un programme d'achat de matériel est en cours d'exécution, qui permettra d'augmenter encore la capacité de production. L'effort se porte actuellement sur le modèle 125 cmc., bloc 3 vitesses dérivé du bloc 100 cmc. Des études sont en cours pour un nouveau moteur de plus grande cylindrée.
La fabrication du 200 cmc. 2 cilindres a été très retardée par des difficultés d'approvisionnement de certaines pièces, mais il semble que la solution de ces difficultés soit assez proche, et que ce modèle puisse prochainement être porté à des cadences normales.
After a year of restarting production and moving to a new, more spacious factory, still located in Saint-Amand, the production rate is gradually increasing. A procurement program for equipment is underway, which will further increase production capacity. The current focus is on the 125cc model, a 3-speed engine derived from the 100cc engine. Studies are underway for a new, larger-displacement engine.
Production of the 200cc twin-cylinder engine was significantly delayed by supply difficulties with certain parts, but it appears that a solution to these difficulties is imminent, and that this model should soon be able to return to normal production levels.
1948 Paris Salon, Motocycles. Courtesy Memoire du Cycle.
Aubier-Dunne Engines
These engines were used in many marques including
Sources: Cycle Memory, JLB Creations, et al
Sorry, none at present. Ed.
Fri Dec 07 2012
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Sun Aug 07 2011
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Motopedale
motopedale 98 cc aubier-dunne
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