Calling all rednecks!

ZUKIMON · 03-16-2009, 03:51 PM

Anyone on here into, or have friends into lawnmower racing? Thinking about building one just for the hell of it.

Cutty72 · 03-16-2009, 04:10 PM

don't know anyone in it. but I have watched a few. actually quite fun, and supprising how fast you can get 'em going

derf · 03-16-2009, 05:59 PM

Nope, they dont do it near me, but damn does it look like fun

Apoc · 03-16-2009, 07:50 PM

never tried it. I'd like to though. If theres one thing I discovered, if it has an engine and isnt a car, I like racing it.

Homeslice · 03-16-2009, 08:00 PM

Does the blade have to be turning, or could you cheat and decouple it.

rogue · 03-16-2009, 08:06 PM

The blades are supposed to be taken off if I'm not mistaken. They have lawnmower races about 30 miles from me. I haven't been yet but have talked to the guy who runs/owns the track there. Seems like alot of fun! Especially when you get into the highly modified ones.

Cutty72 · 03-16-2009, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Does the blade have to be turning, or could you cheat and decouple it.

All the ones i've seen they remove the mower decks. It is the tractor only, a highly modified tracor, but still a lawn tractor.

Yamerhaw · 03-16-2009, 10:06 PM

watched some on TV last night, some running over 80mph, looked pretty fun

ZUKIMON · 03-17-2009, 10:47 AM

No blades period. You have to disable the mowing deck. Some classes call for leaving the deck on, and some of the more highly modified classes don't require much of the thing to be what it once was.

There's tons of info out on them but I am having trouble finding many builds that actually show anything interesting. I did see where a guy had an engine like the one I have and he put a Keihin cycle carb on it. Damn that thing would haul.

I've got a V-twin Briggs 18hp that runs like new and looks it. It's one of the newer ones that has steel sleeves like the Kohlers so it should work well. I just don't know about the frame. I hate to build it just for fun and then end up thinking about racing it only to find out that I have to re-do most of it. ???

03-16-2009, 03:51 PM	#1
ZUKIMON Is this thing on? Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ashe Co, NC (Near Boone) Moto: '01, 929RR Posts: 398	Calling all rednecks! Anyone on here into, or have friends into lawnmower racing? Thinking about building one just for the hell of it. __________________ Dirty Harry said there's nothing wrong with a little shooting, as long as the right people get shot.

03-16-2009, 05:59 PM	#3
derf token jewboy Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man Posts: 10,799	Nope, they dont do it near me, but damn does it look like fun __________________

03-16-2009, 10:06 PM	#8
Yamerhaw Country Boy Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hicktown in NC Moto: 07 R1 Posts: 797	watched some on TV last night, some running over 80mph, looked pretty fun __________________ “If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.” It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.

03-17-2009, 10:47 AM	#9
ZUKIMON Is this thing on? Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ashe Co, NC (Near Boone) Moto: '01, 929RR Posts: 398	No blades period. You have to disable the mowing deck. Some classes call for leaving the deck on, and some of the more highly modified classes don't require much of the thing to be what it once was. There's tons of info out on them but I am having trouble finding many builds that actually show anything interesting. I did see where a guy had an engine like the one I have and he put a Keihin cycle carb on it. Damn that thing would haul. I've got a V-twin Briggs 18hp that runs like new and looks it. It's one of the newer ones that has steel sleeves like the Kohlers so it should work well. I just don't know about the frame. I hate to build it just for fun and then end up thinking about racing it only to find out that I have to re-do most of it. ??? __________________ Dirty Harry said there's nothing wrong with a little shooting, as long as the right people get shot.

03-16-2009, 07:50 PM	#4
Apoc For Science. You Monster. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Canada Moto: '08 HD FLSTSB Posts: 3,546	never tried it. I'd like to though. If theres one thing I discovered, if it has an engine and isnt a car, I like racing it.

03-16-2009, 08:00 PM	#5
Homeslice Elitist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Moto: Gix 750 Posts: 11,351	Does the blade have to be turning, or could you cheat and decouple it.