The Space Binman Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Greetings earthlings! I come from afar bring peace and messages from the ancients.... www.supersix.50megs.com where are you now, I wonder? 7C963996-A818-4545-AD24-31C7F1550D58.MOV Link to post Share on other sites
Nick Jones Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Hello Jon, Long time no hear...... hope all is good with you? Nick Link to post Share on other sites
The Space Binman Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Yup, everything v good. We both took early retirement from our healthcare careers in growing concern and disgust at the stupid games that were being played with and in the nhs. Diane took the opportunity to relocate her career to Canada so we moved to Vancouver island to live by the sea. She continues in her career while I manage our on-the-beach holiday cottages. I am also a qualified commercial skipper and I do skippered sailing day charters with our sailboat (The Black Pig). Vehicle-wise, I’ve returned to my origins and I’m doing Japanese motorbikes from the seventies and eighties, the bikes I grew up with... in North America, if it’s not a Hardly Ablesome yer average punta doesn’t want to know (buying into the brand advertising you know even if the product is 7/10ths crap). Old, over-engineered jap bikes are not understood or appreciated for their worth apart from odd people like me! It’s the same state of affairs as with Triumphs probably in the nineties - an open invitation to those with the interest and abilities to rebuild them to better than original performance. All the bits are available in the same manner as old cars - you build a supply network. John and Vinnie have told me the supersix is in the hands of a racer now, I hope to be able to follow progress from Afar (I’m off to the Middle East next). now you lot, play nicely! I hear the old farts at trr overdosed on their laxatives and had a bit of a clear out....? regards from Nanoose Bay, open for pasty-faced brits to come for a holiday. Link to post Share on other sites
The Space Binman Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites
JohnD Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 A highway cruiser and a cafe racer! Looks like you have it all, Binman! The Middle East?! Postcards, please! JOhn Link to post Share on other sites
Nick Jones Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 The Black Pig huh.......? I'll just leave this here then Sounds like you are doing ok - can't imagine why you left the cursed isle.... Nick Link to post Share on other sites
The Space Binman Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 That’s the one. Locals can’t understand why I fall about laughing Link to post Share on other sites
JohnD Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Got to do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3nM2Ul4rLU I dare you. Link to post Share on other sites
Vitessesteve Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 So what happened to the the SuperSix? Link to post Share on other sites
The Space Binman Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 21 hours ago, Vitessesteve said: So what happened to the the SuperSix? After vinny had had it for a while he sold it to a racer. John D and vinny know who... perhaps they can amplify. Link to post Share on other sites
JohnD Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 The SuperSix was at Crystal Palace sprints last year - I chatted to the owner, and left my email, but he hasn't got back to me. John Link to post Share on other sites
Scooter Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 The Supersix has (had?) a TR6 exhaust manifold Link to post Share on other sites
The Space Binman Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 Yes, due to my impecuniosity... I used a tr6 cast 6:2 but that sends the two downpipes into a side by side arrangement and there isn’t enough space between the chassis rail and the engine for two downpipes side by side so I made a extension piece from stainless tube that turned the downpipes through a further 90degs into a forward and aft arrangement, then a further 90degs to point the pipes backwards to go under the car, then a 2:1 for the exhaust pipe, also ss, also made by me as I wasn’t going to pay someone to build a bespoke system to fit when I could do it myself. Finally to appease the mot man I fitted an e marked silencer box, also adjusted to fit. Made it all legal (apparently). It was sufficiently quiet even with 50mm tubing Link to post Share on other sites
Scooter Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 An ingenious way of getting a better manifold in without using the very expensive bag of bananas 6`3`1's that always seem to leak. Link to post Share on other sites
Nick Jones Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 TR6 manifold worked very well on my PI saloon. Great spread of torque. Also needed a special downpipe making but much more room to play with than a GT6 or Vitesse. Nick Link to post Share on other sites
Scooter Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Never could understand why people spent so much money on fabricated 3-2-1's and all their problems when there was a proven Triumph and very effective OEM manifold available. Link to post Share on other sites
Nick Jones Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 The twin down-pipes on a small-chassis car look like being fairly awkward to fabricate! Nick Link to post Share on other sites
The Space Binman Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 Yuh, well, y’see, it was all well hidden so I didn’t have to make a masterpiece. Cut and welded in a thousand tiny piece in ss with ss wire in my mig... Link to post Share on other sites
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