Half a croissant, on a plate, with a sign in front of it saying '50c'
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Scooter Mower

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Ride-on lawnmower attachment for a scooter or motorcycle. The scooter would sit on a platform with the rear wheel powering the mower and the front wheel steering.
goomba, Sep 03 2004

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       So all the power needed to turn the mower blades and cut the grass will go through the back wheel of your bike driving a friction roller on the platform?
hippo, Sep 03 2024
  

       You're gonna need a lower gear.
pertinax, Sep 03 2024
  

       Seems quite a sensible idea to me. Suggested new name: Mowped. Can it not add something like tennis court lines at the same time? Meanwhile, someone wake up goomba from their 20 year sleep.
xenzag, Sep 03 2024
  

       I think something like this could work, I've an old Atco cylinder lawnmower that runs off a little car battery, and a more modern mains powered one with an engine rated at 340W. A well adjusted/sharpened cylinder mower doesn't need much power to turn the blades (though this assuming you're mowing regularly, many cylinder mowers would struggle on longer grass) Google suggests a 50cc moped should output something like 2.5kW so I don't think power's an issue.   

       Manoeuvrability might be a problem (esp for smaller gardens) it's tricky turning a moped round without pulling it backwards, and a good mower should be able to turn on a proverbial sixpence.
zen_tom, Sep 03 2024
  

       I have a proverbial sixpence and doubt if any moped would be able to turn on it, except for one which could be ridden by an ant.
xenzag, Sep 03 2024
  

       I have definitely seen (Pop Sci magazine, probably) a ride-on mower that was basically a motorbike with a cutting deck either side. It was particularly good for slopes, as the "bike" could remain vertical while the decks matched the slope.
A quick Google found nothing; I might dig into the Pop Sci archives later.
neutrinos_shadow, Sep 03 2024
  
      
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