Honda’s mean machine mower can cut to the quick at 150mph

Cutting your grass while travelling at more than 150mph may sound like a pipe dream – and perhaps a bit impractical – but Honda’s latest creation could make it possible.

This is the Mean Mower V2 – a lawn mower let entirely off the hooks. Developed in conjunction with motorsport firm and Honda British Touring Car Championship partner Team Dynamics, this grass-cutter boasts features you’d regularly associate with performance motoring.

Based – admittedly very vaguely – on the Japanese manufacturer’s HF 2622, the machine is powered by a 999cc Fireblade motorbike engine, which is coupled to a six-speed gearbox and produces “in excess of” 190bhp. Also taken from the Fireblade are the clutch, ECU and LCD display in front of the rider.

As the V2 moniker suggests, this isn’t the first Mean Mower from Honda. The original was revealed in 2013 and achieved an at-the-time record top speed of 116.575mph – since surpassed by Norwegian tuning firm Viking, which managed 134mph.

Dave Hodgetts, managing director of Honda UK, says: “We’re in the testing phase now and everything is looking good, with a top speed of more than 150mph very much in our sights.”

Not only is this one very powerful lawn mower, it’s extremely light too, with engineers predicting a power-to-weight ratio of around 1,000bhp per tonne.

It boasts a bespoke chassis made from T45 steel, which apparently improves durability and flexibility over a conventional mower frame – perhaps ideal, considering it doesn’t have any suspension.

Piloting the V2 will be a real expert Jess Hawkins, a 23-year-old go-kart racer.

And how will Mean Mower V2 come to a stop once it hits its target? Well, four-piston calliper brakes have been fitted to the front axle, with six-piston ones at the rear.

It certainly brings a whole new meaning to the term cutting edge.

Cutting-edge technology of the Mean Mower V2 will make fast work of trimming the grass.