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Nice pigeon pair NormK. My favourite tops too.
Looks better than I expected. Have you given them a road test?

You can stick a Victa label on them now.

They're monsters Norm, great job. I bet they go hard.

Hello Norm,

I came across this on a Facebook mower page. I thought you could draw some inspiration from it!

Hi Mystyler,
Not something that inspires me, it is a good effort to get it on but 2 big drawbacks. Firstly the obvious tank hanging over the side and the second one is that it is a big waste of a powerful motor on such a small base. This is why the Talon is so much better because it gives a 20 inch cut

Maybe a 125 FC would work on that MS and NK.

Too hard there MF, you have to make an adapter plate but one of the north/south type would look better. You still have the problem of the shaft being 20mm shorter. I wonder if the Makita used one of the long shaft motors or the blades are sitting up inside the skirt by 20mm

Got to admit that's a pretty nifty looking fitment despite the overhanging tank.

Nifty as you say but I think those Makita are only a 16 inch base so the motor is wasted on them

Pretty sure those are 18 inch - seen a few of them. If its the long shaft PT, it would be a damn sight better than the bar blade they originally came with (some with swingbacks)

I think the model number has "461" in it - 461mm = about 18in

Hi Tyler, only ever seen front on pics of them and they always look narrow so I figured they must be 16 inch