I can't get my head around how Victa moved the fastening point from the side of the chassis to the top surface as the force applied by ones hands at the top of the handlebars is directly forced onto a flat surface that will inherit metal fatigue and induce rust which causes it to fail, also using just one bolt creates a single pivot point which makes it worse.
Honestly I wouldn't touch any of the current Victa's that are all made overseas out of crap materials.
Cheers,
BB.
Even Sanli mowers have the handle bars mounted at the side and held by two bolts each. Just Victa's arrogance at resting on their laurels and Australians entranced by a brand name.