Qualcast VTEC.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Following the advice of YZ250, and one or two youtube video, my mower now revs like a 2 stroke GP bike from the seventies....



I needed  to remove the plastic covers and petrol tank to get to the governor arm located in the carb linkage. Then it was simply a case of bending it with a pair of pliers.

I wonder if it will go BANG in the near future.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

No good selling mowers that are so power and torque restricted that they won't cut grass.

[Lizzie Zoom]

Well done Opti!

Another successfully ending tale from the garden

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Well done Opti!

Another successfully ending tale from the garden

The difference is like night and day, Lizzie.....

[YZ250]

Brilliant, glad you've sorted it. 

A faster spinning blade cuts the grass better as well. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Brilliant, glad you've sorted it. 

A faster spinning blade cuts the grass better as well. 

It is actually 150 cc and not 123 cc as I had thought.

The specification says 2.2 KW/2.95 BHP at  2900 RPM.

I reckon she is now running at about 3500 RPM.....

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Brilliant, glad you've sorted it. 

A faster spinning blade cuts the grass better as well. 

The grass now seems to be cut rather than torn apart.

[Lizzie Zoom]

You can now get rid of your flock of sheep Opti

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

You can now get rid of your flock of sheep Opti

But what of my sex life?

A man can not live by scullery maid alone.....

[Sir Tigger KC]

I got banned from the local Go-Kart track when I found I could reach behind me and open the throttle properly on the engine, so I pissed past all the restricted Karts!   

Is your mower self propelled M'lud? 

If so you should be careful at your age!   

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I got banned from the local Go-Kart track when I found I could reach behind me and open the throttle properly on the engine, so I pissed past all the restricted Karts!   

Is your mower self propelled M'lud? 

If so you should be careful at your age!   

Yes.....SP.

But it does not work that well.    

[Sir Tigger KC]

I got banned from the local Go-Kart track when I found I could reach behind me and open the throttle properly on the engine, so I pissed past all the restricted Karts!   

Is your mower self propelled M'lud? 

If so you should be careful at your age!   

Yes.....SP.

But it does not work that well.

Just as well then, as I can see the headline in the Lincolnshire Post.....

"Elderly aristocrat dragged through hedge by modified mower!"    

[YZ250]

I got banned from the local Go-Kart track when I found I could reach behind me and open the throttle properly on the engine, so I pissed past all the restricted Karts!   
..........

I did that at the kart track at Trago Mills in Bovey Tracey and got a bollicking. They fit isolator's now so that they can kill the engine remotely. Spoilsports. 

[Doctor Gollum]

I got banned from the local Go-Kart track when I found I could reach behind me and open the throttle properly on the engine, so I pissed past all the restricted Karts!   
..........

I did that at the kart track at Trago Mills in Bovey Tracey and got a bollicking. They fit isolator's now so that they can kill the engine remotely. Spoilsports. 

There's simply no fun in fun anymore 

[Varche]

Amen to that.

They dont like left foot braking either.