A Motorcycle Lawnmower?

April 29th, 2007

Here is an interesting one from North Dakota. What do you get when you cross a Sportster, an Allis-Chalmers riding lawn mower, and a dirt bike? One cool looking riding lawn mower! 61 year old Duane “Tony” Olson, of Drayton, ND did just that. And it is not the first trike he has built. His original was a Volkswagon powered trike capable of 70 mph, much greater than the estimated 10 mph of this model. And he is working on another, based on a John Deere.

Gives a whole new meaning to “in the wind”, doesn’t it?

Maybe, if I had a lawn mower that looked as much like a motorcycle, I would not have started hiring my lawn work out. The front end comes from a dirt bike, the tank is from a Sportster, and it has a 42″ deck. This original model took Olsen “50 hours of building time and 300 hours of thinking time”, but he has more in store, and the time required will come down.

And, if you want to get your hands on them, it may come soon. Olsen says “I’ve put these together to see if other people are interested in them. If there’s a market for them, I’ll start making them when I retire next year.”

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