@Jae
We would do it to cart 69
Riley said:
Yeah this is still a thing. We have Yamaha gas carts at our place (a fleet of 73) and we have to teach our cart kids to look out for this. The irony is that it’s probably our cart kids that DO this
One time I had to take a member out to the tee and I didn’t know someone had “modified” our cart - he’s spilling his coffee all over himself, it was a scene lol.
@Daryl
Yeah as much as I would be all for ignoring it and letting the carts go faster, I’m in charge of having to fix the knuckle arms that get bent every time someone hits something by going too fast.
At least 50% of the time I would fix a knuckle arm, then check the governor…lo and behold there’s a tee.
Riley said:
Yeah this is still a thing. We have Yamaha gas carts at our place (a fleet of 73) and we have to teach our cart kids to look out for this. The irony is that it’s probably our cart kids that DO this
So you teach the kids how to do it?
Awfully nice of y’all. Lol
@Linden
Basically lol. Gotta teach them the problem to solve the problem unfortunately.
Riley said:
Yeah this is still a thing. We have Yamaha gas carts at our place (a fleet of 73) and we have to teach our cart kids to look out for this. The irony is that it’s probably our cart kids that DO this
Haha it’s like DARE for golf carts. “I have no clue what weed is but now I wanna try it”
Riley said:
Yeah this is still a thing. We have Yamaha gas carts at our place (a fleet of 73) and we have to teach our cart kids to look out for this. The irony is that it’s probably our cart kids that DO this
Could you post a thread with pictures on how this is done?
I obviously want to help out cart attendants out to stop this behavior…
Riley said:
Yeah this is still a thing. We have Yamaha gas carts at our place (a fleet of 73) and we have to teach our cart kids to look out for this. The irony is that it’s probably our cart kids that DO this
Yup. Worked at a golf course in HS in the 80s, and all I am saying is 30 mph in a golf cart feels waaaay faster than 30 in anything else. 
I work in maintenance at my course. I’ve got a cart they gave me, an old club car that looks like a pile of crap. It is and isn’t. First thing I did was delete the governor, second was removing the roof. I went through all the mechanicals and brakes so it’s sound. The rings on the piston are stuck so it burns a lot of oil, making huge clouds of smoke. I just dump some 15w-40 diesel oil in it when it stops smoking, which is about 2 hours of run time. It really flies!
If the motor blows, I think the owner will just give it to me. I’ll then put a Predator motor in it so I can do burnies up and down the main entrance road. I’m 63 years young.
@Rowan
I wanna be like you when I grow up
@Rowan
Take the spark plug out and shoot some pb blaster down there and let it sit a bit. That sometimes frees up the piston rings. Crank it a few times to blow it all out before you put the plug back in.
@Rowan
I have a 94 club car that I just rebuilt due to burning oil. The kit is like $100 bucks for piston, rings, valves and all gaskets to rebuild it. Took me about 10 hours over a few days but if they give it to you it is a fun project if you want to learn mechanics.
If anyone has a video of the process I’d love to see it - this was every bit of 25 years ago when I worked there.
Daryl said:
If anyone has a video of the process I’d love to see it - this was every bit of 25 years ago when I worked there.
When you lift the seat where the engine is, there’s typically a black cord of some kind that’s the governor. If you have some way of making sure it’s pulled all the way back, it won’t limit you any more. At least that’s what I remember from working 20 years ago with the Yamaha carts.
Almost died doing this to the workhorse (little heavier duty with the truck bed) going out to shag the range with my friend. Doing spin outs in the mud after a solid couple days of rain, as we spin out hit a hole, flip the cart and the posts holding the roof snap and stab into the ground about 1/4” from my head.
10/10 would risk death again.
@Cary
lift the seat.
turn key off and hit the gas pedal to see the accelerator linkage move when you do.
( i feel a little stupid admitting this but a tee never occurred to us.)
if you bite half of a pencil off on the sharpened end and stick it in there to keep that lever open, you can do 30mph on flat ground. also luckily for all the 17 year olds working there on a very hilly course with prime cart paths, the engine braking is disabled too. i guarantee you will need to tap the brakes going downhill. because golf carts arent meant to go that fast. and the engine will show signs of abuse. the first time is the best, its all downhill after that.
my only advice would be to never admit doing it to your boss. and work on your short game. best way to improve your score in this f$@king game.
I’ve heard of the tee trick, but have not tried. Have not heard of the zip tie method.
What I did try is putting the gas cart in neutral (if there is an option for neutral) when going downhill. Very fun, and sometimes very scary and dangerous.
@Ty
We got a 200 ft elevated tee at my club. Guys do that all the time (me also). Dude flipped at the bottom broke his neck and died. Now there are speed bumps. We can’t have nice things.
Taylor said:
@AmyBirdie
Was this in the last 20 years. Hard to believe a place like that still exists
It still exists where very few rules other than no women allowed. There’s more men’s only clubs than most would think
Rin said:
@Ty
We got a 200 ft elevated tee at my club. Guys do that all the time (me also). Dude flipped at the bottom broke his neck and died. Now there are speed bumps. We can’t have nice things.
I was with some guys who didn’t set the brake and it ramped off of each terraced tee box on its way to the pond
Edit: also want to mention this was a resort course
@Lin
Worked at a country club from 14 to 20. Saw some wild stuff out there lol.