Honda builds a 130 mph lawn mower

FoxNews.com ^ | 7/18/2013

[RoosterRedux]

Honda, in conjunction with Top Gear magazine and racing outfit Team Dynamics, has built a high performance ride-on lawn mower capable of reaching speeds up to 130 mph.

And, yes, it can still cut the grass.

The so-called Mean Mower started out as a production Honda HF2620 Lawn Tractor before the team replaced its stock 20 hp motor with the 109 hp 1,000 cc V-twin from a Honda VTR1000 Firestorm sport bike along with its six-speed transmission and reengineered the suspension to handle a set of ATV wheels and tires.

[mountn man]

LOL!

[Sirius Lee]

Harley makes a 30mph lawnmower that makes a lot of noise but doesn’t cut the grass very well or go around corners.

[IamConservative]

All any man can say: “Need one please.Hurry dude, the grass is growing out there.”

[bicyclerepair]

I had a Yamaha RD350B 2-cyl 2-stroke.

Could beat anything.

[bicyclerepair]

Also had a Kawasaki H1-F 500cc 3-cyl, 2-STROKE !

HOLY BURNED RUBBER BATMAN THAT WAS A MISSILE!

Did a wheelie once by accident. Scared the crap out of me.

[mt tom]

you must be close to hemet i have a 07 stratoliner

[elkfersupper]

Also had a Kawasaki H1-F 500cc 3-cyl, 2-STROKE !

Scariest one I ever had was a Yamaha 350, back in the late 1960's. -0- to 80 mph in about 3 seconds with one gear change. 10,000 RPM red line.

I'm lucky I'm still here.

[elkfersupper]

Sorry, didn't see your post.

Those things were a lot of fun, especially at 16 years of age.

[South40]

Not near Hemet. The fire was in San Diego County between Julian and Pine Valley. I was out there yesterday and could see the smoke from the fire near Idyllwild. There was another to the south of me in Campo. It's been a busy season thus far.

Stratoliner is a good bike.

[alfa6]

On the slow end of the scale there was this gent who took a Cub 100 and made a dozer!!!

http://www.ihcubcadet.com/BobsPage/crawler100.htm

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[TChad]

It mows grass only up to 15 MPH. Boo.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

A 1,000 cc V-Twin? Pfft...a trifle.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Now THAT was a great show...don’t make ‘em like that anymore, huh?

[mountn man]

I absolutely love that show and love to catch it on reruns.

I don't know how often I catch myself being Tim Taylor (when it comes to tools. Haven't glued a table to my head yet) ( YET:) )

I'll go to Sears to pay my Discover card, and I always go in the door over by the tools. Always. After paying, I'll browse around the tools. Often times wanting to grunt "more power, uh..uh...uh...uh)

[gunsequalfreedom]

That would cut about 2 hours off the weekend job. Must admit I enjoy the riding mower at it normal speed on a Saturday. I’ve convinced my wife it really is a lot of work.

[bigheadfred]

its not like you have to go full throttle but then again knowing you...

[ProtectOurFreedom]

When my kids were little, we’d catch it in reruns (about 14 years ago). We watched every single episode. I was always watching for the glimpses of Heidi. The tools and Wilson were good, too, of course.

[mountn man]

I was always watching for the glimpses of Heidi.

14 years ago. NO WAY

It wasn't 14 years ago. You lie.

[supremedoctrine]

Mine was in Portuguese Orange, the color of the ‘75 model.
Prior to that my only bike was a Honda CB125 also a ‘75
It’s top speed was 63 mph. I was already too big for it.
Getting the Yamaha RD was like stepping into another world, even though it was a compact 350 cc. engine.It really was a street legal race bike (RD meant “race-developed”)which you could whip around curves at any speed, at a 45 degree tilt.
I’d come to the end of a 5 mile trip along an empty country road full of bends, hills, valleys, and finally come to rest at a stop sign, and was so thrilled by what I just did I’d jump up and down in my seat, yelling WOW!!!