HONDA’S latest performance mean machine can race from zero to 100km/h in just four seconds, but all the while keeping your lawn beautifully manicured.
In teaming up with British Touring Car Championship partner Team Dynamics, Honda UK has produced the Mean Mower – possibly the world’s fastest lawn mower.
Based on Honda’s HF2620 lawn tractor, Team Dynamics added a new fabricated chassis made from 4130 chromoly steel for a strong but light platform and fitted a 1000cc engine from a Honda Firestorm motor-bike combining it with bespoke wheels and suspension.
The Mean Mower produces around 80kW of power and 96Nm of torque and weighs just 140kg, no doubt assisting its four-second 0-100km/h sprint time.
Honda have the ability to present the world with innovative and interesting machinery.
Consider the following:
- The Honda Cub (step through) motorbike has sold in excess of 50 million world-wide, the largest selling motor vehicle of any type in history
- They have won a room full of motorbike racing championship trophies and awards
- Formula 1 involvement, with great success, since 1964
- Honda is the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer
- The first foreign vehicle to be manufactured in the USA was the Honda Accord
Despite all of the above we were highly amused at what would have to be the craziest lawn mower of recent times. I don’t know about you but with the way my lawn has been growing over the summer in Brisbane, and probably all the lawns throughout South East Queensland, this machine might be the answer.
It would certainly be a lot of fun, and, you would definitely have “one-up” on the neighbours.
(Excerpts from article written by Tim Nicholson, GoAuto.com.au)