Mean Mower officially the world's fastest
The Honda 998cc V-twin powered grass muncher – all 109hp and 96Nm of it – has broken the old Guinness World Records mark by nearly 50km/hLast year we reported on the ‘Mean Mower’ – collaboration between Honda UK and British Touring Car Championship squad Team Dynamics to produce the world’s meanest mower, shoehorning a 998cc V-twin donk from Honda’s defunct VTR1000 Firestorm into a humble ride-on HF260 Lawn Tractor.
The result? A 140kg garden implement with 96Nm of torque and good for 0-100km/h in just over four seconds – mowing has never been so good.
And now it’s all official – the 109hp Mean Mower has claimed the title of the world’s fastest lawnmower, averaging 116.57mph (187.6km/h) to break the previous record by almost 30mph (48.3km/h). See the video here:
The successful Guinness World Records attempt took place at the IDIADA Proving Ground in Tarragona, Spain, on March 8, 2014. Behind the wheel was Piers Ward of BBC TopGear Magazine, who had previously achieved a fastest speed on Mean Mower of 87mph.
The speed was measured through a 100-metre speed trap. To meet Guinness World Records regulations, the mower had to record the same run, in both directions, within an hour – with the average speed taken of these two runs. Additionally, to qualify for the record it needed to cut grass and to look like a lawnmower; both of which it did successfully. With all of these criteria met, the Guinness World Records adjudicator officially declared the success of the record attempt.
The Mean Mower is a re-engineered a Honda HF2620 Lawn Tractor from the ground-up, adding an all-new fabricated chassis, a 998cc V-twin from the now-defunct Honda VTR Firestorm, as well as bespoke suspension and wheels from an ATV.
Every effort was made to retain as much of the look of the original mower as possible. The cutter deck was custom-made in fibre-glass, while the grass bag provides a happy home for the fuel tank, oil cooler and secondary water cooling radiator.
The mower can actually cut grass at around 15mph, more than double the flat-out speed of the original HF2620 from which it is derived.
Sadly, this custom grass cutter is a one-off and it won’t see production – more’s the pity.
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