Gator

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Gators are North American-made, so chances are the governors are controlled by a cable adjustment, not like the Yamaha controls which are buried in the transaxle, beyond the reach of a pair of pliers.

My EZ-Go was bone simple to speed up: just loosen the cable until it has no more tension on it. That gives it about 16 miles per hour, almost enough to over-rev the starter/generator and burst the windings, if run uncontrolled. It now runs away from stock carts on off-road tours, though. Most of them are set for 11.8 mph.

Your manual will warn you about the maximum safe speed for your engine without the danger of grenading the starter/generator. 4000 rpm is about all most of them can handle without spinning their windings out into the outer frame.

A hand-held G.P.S. is very useful for setting the speed.

The current EZ-G0 does a lot of lawn and garden work, towing a small custom trailer, and of course provides a mobile tool box for work on machinery.

It will move a trailer around so much more quickly than an SUV can that it often gets overloaded. (You don't have to spend a lot of time making sure the back bumper doesn't get bashed, eh? You can see the hitch ball from the seat.) A tractor takes a ridiculous amount of time to get going and stopped, especially the old Fergie with the gas line that needs to be shut off and the battery terminal which comes off each time it is stopped.

That suggestion of making a Suzuki Somersault into a utility vehicle sounds like a good one. They are awesome little off-road vehicles.