Build Photos of the Mean Mower

robert@honda

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Remember this from Honda UK over the summer?

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Found some of the build photos today; yes, that's a 1,000 cc motorcycle engine and ATV tires!

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mullins87

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Freakin' awesome!!! I don't need to look at stuff like that. Is that a Rotax engine?
 

EngineMan

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But does it still cut grass..?
 

metz12

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ya it cuts grass. but are they mass prducing these now? and how much would be the price if you were to buy it if they mass produced it? and i wonder if you could get it registered because its a motorcycle engine? that would be awesome if you could.
 

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It's a Honda 1,000 cc twin motorcycle engine.

That just seem like just too much engine. I ride motorcycle with a V twin, but a poplar US made brand. I find I have to keep the RPMs up like when I ride in towns. This seems like it would be a problem in a lawn mower or do you have it geared high. Just doesn't seem that a motorcycle engine would make a very good lawnmower engine seeing they get there power from high RPMs. Have tried to mow with this mower?
 

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It's a Honda 1,000 cc twin motorcycle engine.

Interesting, I didn't know Honda had a liquid cooled 1,000cc V-twin. Is it an engine from a Euro spec production bike? I don't mean to sidetrack the thread, I'm just curious about the engine. I'm not an expert in the field by any means, but motorcycles have been a lifelong passion of mine and I loosely keep up with the industry, at least in the U.S.
 

robert@honda

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Interesting, I didn't know Honda had a liquid cooled 1,000cc V-twin. Is it an engine from a Euro spec production bike? I don't mean to sidetrack the thread, I'm just curious about the engine. I'm not an expert in the field by any means, but motorcycles have been a lifelong passion of mine and I loosely keep up with the industry, at least in the U.S.

The build of the Mean Mower was done by Honda UK, and over there, they offer the Varaderao, which I think was the source of the donor engine. That same engine was offered on a street-only bike called the VTR here in the USA, but has since been discontinued.

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Varadareo Specifications
 
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