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Originally Posted by dillywho
It's not about who passes who....it's about safety. The number, 19mph, is not just a random number. It is what maximum speed is deemed safe for that particular type of cart. The street legals are constructed to handle speeds that normal course carts are not.
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Excellent Point dillywho, Street Legals are designed for DOT Brakes Steering Tires Lights a Windshield with Wiper and Shoulder Belts. They are crash tested for up to the 25 MPH limit.
As a CarGuy, Automotive Technician and Instructor when I ride the trails I see what many only feel. All makes brand new out of the box set up with poor alignment issues. Camber Caster and most important Toe in or Toe out messes up their top speed, how they handle steer and stop.
We have all seen those electric/gas modified carts passing us going like scat! The passenger just a hanging on for dear life! The cart has been jacked up. Hopefully the driver isn't!
Those cool looking pimp daddie tall profile tires give MPH gains. Combine them with a slow speed Golf designed suspension geometry and we get to see those carts just a bouncing and wallowing around like Shamu the Whale in a Sea World Show.
I have not found a cart shop yet that has proper alignment equipment. No a tape measure does not count. That is probably because tire wear is a non issue for the GOLF cart industry. They figure a GOLF cart is suppose to run on grass and it's alignment geometery is set up for quick turns at SLOW speed. Grass and dirt impede the tire wear. Cement and Tar are not as kind.
Those with factory designed 25 mph street legals have better handling. The vehicle is DESIGNED for the speed. So I would rather have a 20 mph detuned street legal than a 21+ modified non street legal. Oh wait you could have that it's called a Tomberlin! -
