So, this happened…..
The Viking handed me a list of parts he needed STAT!
Adrian, from Rocky Mountain Honda in Calgary, is the best Parts Man on the planet so I emailed him the following:
Hi Adrian,
Our neighbour mowed our lawn on Monday and it freaked The Viking out because he’s the one that’s supposed to do the favours, not the other way around. What followed was a frantic search for our mower only to find out it wouldn’t run. How is he supposed to keep the neighbour from mowing our lawn again if his mower won’t work? If he’s going to get into competitive lawn-mowing, he needs some parts. Also, the neighbour has no idea what he started. Who will do the next Mow first?! I’m taking bets that it’s The Viking, but the neighbour is kind of tricky. I wouldn’t put it past him to do a midnight Mow. The Viking isn’t afraid of a little rain though, so he has that going for him. I’m setting up a viewing stand in the front yard to watch the action. Maybe with some score cards where I can hand out points for technique, speed and design. I’ll need popcorn.
Here’s what he’ll need to stay in the competition:
List of parts needed
The neighbour may or may not have fertilized our lawn when we weren’t looking so The Viking will want his mower in tip-top shape as soon as possible. He’s doing calisthenics and stretching to get in shape and loading up on carbs for short bursts of energy. I’m so excited!
PS: Can you put Nitrous* on a Mower?
Lori
And, because Adrian is such a good sport, this is what he replied:
Hi Lori,
All I can say is… I WANT in on this. It’s been a dream of mine to be part of a neighborly fun lawn cutting feud!
I’ll start with helping on parts!
List of parts ordered.
Oh and PS: We can’t do nitrous but we can do this…
Of course, I needed to reply:
Yes please! Go ahead and order those parts.
Also, The Viking wants that Mower!!! It’s gorgeous! He’s positive he can take full points for speed with it. And, I can’t stop laughing, imagining the neighbour’s face when he sees The Viking riding that mower. With a horned helmet on his head!
And you are more than welcome to get in on the action. How do you feel about heading up the Pit Crew?
I probably should have asked for specs on turning radius and G-forces but Adrian is a busy man. I am hoping the exhaust spits fire and brimstone because ‘Go Big Or Go Home!’
UPDATE: Adrian just got back to me, confirming the parts order and he had this to say:
Good Morning!
I have ordered them up! There is a full video by Honda on YouTube with that lawnmower…let’s say it’s not your average mower haha. However, knowing how he is…maybe don’t show him as he would end up building one…maybe that’s a good thing? Pit Crew is under way!
A video?! There were a couple videos actually, but my favorite is this one:
And now I want that Mower as much as The Viking does!
*Nitrous, when injected into fuel intake, increases horsepower dramatically for a short period of time. If you use it too often you’ll blow up the machine but, The Viking is a professional and knows what he’s doing.
Hee! The only thing I can imagine coming of that is his knees at the same level as his head. I’ve not read anything about the Honda mower, but it ‘reads’ like a toy to me!
Anything with an engine is a toy to The Viking. 😁 And I agree with the ‘knees at the same level as his head’. They just don’t make riding mowers with enough leg room these days. 😂
I finally forced Ken to get a new lawnmower instead of trying to fix the old one every time, but he insisted on a push mower so I insisted on a kid named Carson who is now mowing our lawn once a week with his own riding mower. It takes him half an hour compared to Ken’s three days (we have an acre of property and he was doing it ‘one quarter at a time’). Imagine Carson on a souped up Honda instead of his grandpa’s John Deere!
LOL! Methinks Carson would have his hands full on this beast. 🙂
That exchange was a hoot!
Life sure is not dull in your neck of the woods.
Not often, but we do have our boring days 🙂