Lee Ivatt

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father in laws. i look after it for him, he cant be trusted to even wash it!

i restored it last summer, was blue when he got it, but i found out it was originally red, so resprayed it


reflection from my cossie

Mike Rainbird

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Told you .

Lawn-mowers / Cossies - they're all the fucking same - shit .

Just realised, mine has 0.5bhp more than yours . Wanna race? I have 6 forward and six reverse gears !

Andreas,
Mine has a collector, but you have to cut the grass weekly, otherwise this has a propensity for getting blocked if you try cutting long grass (as it retains the moisture more).

Mine is a Lawn-flite MTD E130 - it's almost as old as the Cossie .

Lee Ivatt

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yeh it says 12.5 hp, but with the use its probably worn in and pushing 13 now

and look at this, you wouldnt stand a chance


also i note you have a collection box, where as mine is a bio chip. so your at a weight disadvantage. especially it we were to compete while cutting. youd get slower and id get quicker as id loose weight in fuel

mine is hydrostatic operation. which means instant drive, that 1/2 second you loose in the gear change. ill have you off the line!

oh and mines a 2001 model, so must have had some areo dynamic improvments. Note number plate of my landy acting as a areo foil instead for the orange nose cone

Mike Rainbird

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I have an R&B Motorsport sticker on mine - worth an extra 30bhp, and yours is as aerodynamic as a brick compared to mine . Plus with all that weight on the front, yours must understeer like an RS Turbo . With the cutter in the middle, I have Focus rally-car-like mass centralisation .



I can also mow in the dark - beat that .

I note your turbo is not connected, so just further reduces your power to weight ratio .

Lee Ivatt

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my turbo is about as useful as your sticker

acually mine is perfectly ballanced. check pic


no understeer at all, its rear wheel steer so if anything it steers too well.

also this means it will do 360, on its own circle the inner front wheel will stay still. can do some really good dounuts. untill the centrifugal force throws you out on 2 wheels like rus swift

i love cutting the grass in the wet, im like a frift king

i think we need a race

Stats:

Rider 13

Length 2000 mm
Width 960 mm
Height 1060 mm
Unladen weight 225 kg
Wheel base 820 mm
Track 625 mm
Tyre size 16 x 6.50 x 8 16 x 6.50 x 8
Tyre pressure, front & rear 60 kPa (0.6 kp/cm

Engine

Manufacture Briggs & Stratton model 28N707
Power 12.5 kW/h.p.
Displacement

Fuel 85 octane unleaded
Tank volume 7 litres
Oil SAE 30 or SAE 10W/30
class CD–SF
Oil volume 1.4 litres
Start Electric starter

Electrical system

Type 12 V, negative earth
Battery 12 V, 24 Ah
Spark plug Champion CJ8 or J8
electrode gap = 0.7–0.8 mm

Transmission

Manufacture Tuff Torq K55
Oil SAE 10W/30, class CD–SF

Gearbox

Manufacture Peerless typ MST 205
Speed in forward gear 8.9 km/h
Speed in reverse 2.5 km/h

Type 3-blade unit bio chip
Cutting width 850 mm
Cutting height 9 pos. 40–90 mm
Blade diameter 304 mm

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