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<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/videos/" rel="tag">Videos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/" rel="tag">Honda</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/special-limited-editions/" rel="tag">Specialty</a></p><a href="/2014/04/02/honda-worlds-fastest-lawnmower-video/#continued"><img alt="Honda Mean Mower" data-caption="Honda Mean Mower top speed world record, IDIADA, Spain. 8 & 9 March 2014 Photograph: James Lipman // jameslipman.com" data-credit="James Lipman" data-mep="200963" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/crop/1125x756+32+6/resize/628x417!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/4880d34f99ca540212815c3644eb16b5/Honda-Mean-Mower-001.JPG" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/">Honda</a> has been working on its <a href="https://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/12/honda-top-gear-working-on-130-mph-lawn-mower/">high-performance Mean Mower for a while now</a>. In a recent attempt to take the top speed title, it didn't make its 130-miles-per-hour top speed target, but it still managed to set a new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/guinness+world+records/">Guinness World Record</a> has the world's fastest lawnmower at 116.57 mph. While the video certifying the run was uploaded to YouTube on April 1, this is no prank. The Guinness run was made on March 8 at the Idiafa Proving Ground in Tarragona, Spain.<br />
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To claim the record, the lawnmower had to run through a 100-meter speed trap, and it had to make two passes in opposite directions within an hour with the average taken between them. Guinness also specifies that to take the title the vehicle must still be able to cut grass and look like a lawnmower. The speed was still plenty to beat <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/07/17/honda-mean-mower-hits-60-mph-in-4-seconds-cuts-to-130-mph-w-vi/">the previous record of 96.529-mph</a> set by Bobby Cleveland on a Snapper race mower at the Bonneville Salt Flats in September 2010.<br />
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The Mean Mower is based on a Honda HF2620 Lawn Tractor that's been modified by <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/british+touring+car+championship/">British Touring Car Championship</a> squad Team Dynamics. It has a newly fabricated chassis from 4130 chromoly steel and packs a 1.0-liter engine from a Honda VTR Firestorm motorcycle with a six-speed sequential gearbox. The engine produces 109 horsepower and 71 pound-feet of torque - enough power to reach 60 mph in around four seconds. The suspension and wheels come from an ATV, and the cutter deck has been remade in fiberglass. The grass bag holds the fuel tank, oil cooler and secondary radiator. The engine no longer actually cuts grass. Instead, the blade is driven by two electric motors.<br />
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<a href="/2014/04/02/honda-worlds-fastest-lawnmower-video/#continued">Scroll down</a> to watch the Guinness Record run and even get a glimpse of the Mean Mower cutting grass at the end. Honda's statement about the attempt is also below.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/02/honda-worlds-fastest-lawnmower-video/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Watch Honda lay waste to world's fastest lawnmower record</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/02/honda-worlds-fastest-lawnmower-video/">Watch Honda lay waste to world's fastest lawnmower record</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:45:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/02/honda-worlds-fastest-lawnmower-video/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20861591/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/02/honda-worlds-fastest-lawnmower-video/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/">Honda</a> has been working on its <a href="https://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/12/honda-top-gear-working-on-130-mph-lawn-mower/">high-performance Mean Mower for a while now</a>. In a recent attempt to take the top speed title, it didn't make its 130-miles-per-hour top speed target, but it still managed to set a new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/guinness+world+records/">Guinness World Record</a> has the world's fastest lawnmower at 116.57 mph. While the video certifying the run was uploaded to YouTube on April 1, this is no prank. The Guinness run was made on March 8 at the Idiafa Proving Ground in Tarragona, Spain.<br />
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To claim the record, the lawnmower had to run through a 100-meter speed trap, and it had to make two passes in opposite directions within an hour with the average taken between them. Guinness also specifies that to take the title the vehicle must still be able to cut grass and look like a lawnmower. The speed was still plenty to beat <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/07/17/honda-mean-mower-hits-60-mph-in-4-seconds-cuts-to-130-mph-w-vi/">the previous record of 96.529-mph</a> set by Bobby Cleveland on a Snapper race mower at the Bonneville Salt Flats in September 2010.<br />
<br />
The Mean Mower is based on a Honda HF2620 Lawn Tractor that's been modified by <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/british+touring+car+championship/">British Touring Car Championship</a> squad Team Dynamics. It has a newly fabricated chassis from 4130 chromoly steel and packs a 1.0-liter engine from a Honda VTR Firestorm motorcycle with a six-speed sequential gearbox. The engine produces 109 horsepower and 71 pound-feet of torque - enough power to reach 60 mph in around four seconds. The suspension and wheels come from an ATV, and the cutter deck has been remade in fiberglass. The grass bag holds the fuel tank, oil cooler and secondary radiator. The engine no longer actually cuts grass. Instead, the blade is driven by two electric motors.<br />
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<a href="/2014/04/02/honda-worlds-fastest-lawnmower-video/#continued">Scroll down</a> to watch the Guinness Record run and even get a glimpse of the Mean Mower cutting grass at the end. Honda's statement about the attempt is also below.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/02/honda-worlds-fastest-lawnmower-video/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Watch Honda lay waste to world's fastest lawnmower record</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/02/honda-worlds-fastest-lawnmower-video/">Watch Honda lay waste to world's fastest lawnmower record</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:45:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/02/honda-worlds-fastest-lawnmower-video/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20861591/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/02/honda-worlds-fastest-lawnmower-video/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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