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Speed governors can save lives, especially considering that the injury and death rate for off-highway vehicles or OHVs like ATVs and UTVs can be surprisingly high. You may be interested in a speed governor for yourself or a fellow ATV buddy. Do ATVs include speed governors by default?
ATVs may include speed governors, especially on youth models. If yours lacks a speed governor and you want to limit your speed, you can always buy an aftermarket speed limiter and install it.
In today’s article, we’ll talk about all things ATV speed governors, including how they work, why you need one, and how to install an aftermarket version if your ATV doesn’t already have one. You’re not going to want to miss it!
A speed governor is also known as a speed limiter.
As that name implies, the device’s job is to prevent an ATV or other OHV from reaching exceptionally fast speeds that could be deemed dangerous.
While you would think that speed governors would be default features on ATVs, they aren’t. Some models might include a speed limiter, but others will not.
Considering that many ATVs also lack speedometers, the omission of a speed governor in conjunction with that is even more dangerous.
You’d have no way to gauge your speed let alone easily control it.
Fortunately, if you’re interested in a speed governor for your ATV, you can buy an aftermarket product and install it yourself. Later, we’ll tell you how to do just that.
Before you can decide whether you want a speed governor for your ATV, you want to better understand the technology.
Allow us to explain how speed limiters work in this section.
You can either choose the set speed limit, or the speed governor will impose the speed limit.
You’ll know the speed governor’s top speed when you purchase it, so if that speed is too low for you, keep searching until you find a different limiter.
When operating your ATV, if you stick within that set speed limit or slightly under, everything with your vehicle will be fine. You’ll have the same level of power, control, and performance that you always do.
Should you surpass the set speed, though, the ATV will begin to lose power. This doesn’t happen all at once but gradually.
What’s going on behind the scenes is that the speed governor is causing the engine to misfire at an increased rate, which imposes your speed and makes it nearly impossible for you to stay at a speed higher than the set limit.
Once you begin driving at a slower speed, your ATV will resume normal operations.
Usually, there are two modes for reducing your speed, a soft cut mode, and a hard cut mode.
The soft cut mode causes only slight misfires. They’re still happening at a very fast pace, though, between two and six misfires a second.
In hard cut mode, the misfires are harder and still fast, between four and five a second.
Some speed governors even have an included penalty mode, which is meant to assist in modifying behavior.
In penalty mode, the ATV may automatically operate at a slower speed for a set period of time. Either that or penalty mode will reduce the set speed even further, thus making the ATV operator drive even slower.
If you’re interested in using a speed governor but your ATV doesn’t have one, that means buying an aftermarket version and installing it, as we said. Here’s everything you need to know to get your ATV outfitted with a speed limiter!
By far, the most popular manufacturer of speed limiters is UTVSpeedSafe.
Created in 2006, UTVSpeedSafe is a speed governing solution for side-by-sides, UTVs, ATVs, and other OHVs.
SpeedSafe is designed to increase the rate of misfires to the point where an ATV operator doesn’t even want to go over the speed limit anymore.
Plus, as we talked about earlier, they’ll have less speed as they go, which also further disincentivizes them to continue speeding.
SpeedSafe caps your top speed at 15 miles per hour, but you can adjust the limiting speed if need be before you start driving.
The key, though, is that the ATV operator is not supposed to be able to adjust their own speed, as that would defeat the purpose of the speed governor.
UTVSpeedSafe has speed governors for all sorts of ATV, UTV, and side-by-side models, including by manufacturers like Honda, Kubota, Yamaha, and Polaris. You can shop a selection of speed limiters here.
Once your speed governor kit arrives on your doorstep, it’s time to get started installing everything.
According to UTVSpeedSafe, it should take you between 60 and 90 minutes to get the speed limiter ready to go.
First, you need to slot the computer in the front compartment of your vehicle.
Next, there’s the handheld setup control switch.
This goes on the ATV and can activate when cruise control is running.
When installing this component, be sure to follow the included instructions, as you don’t want to allow the operator of the ATV to be able to set the speed of the SpeedSafe device.
Step 4: Connect the Wiring HarnessThe wiring harness controls the speed and power signals and attaches to the instrument cluster connectors on your ATV.
The wiring harness terminals should back out of the matching terminal and connector, then you should attach the speed governor harness to the plugs in your ATV.
The ground power comes from your ATV battery’s negative terminal.
You’re not quite done with harnesses yet. Next, you have to install the relay harness, which attaches to the engine fuel stop solenoid.
The point is so the relay harness can stop the engine if it comes to that.
The relay harness and main speed limiter harness should be connected.
Installing the relay harness uses the connectors that your ATV already relies on, so you can easily figure out what goes where.
You recently gifted your child their first ATV, and while they’re having tons of fun, they’ve also been speeding quite a lot.
You’re concerned about them getting hurt even with your supervision, and rightfully so!
While you can always use a speed governor for their ATV, you can also manually control their speed by tinkering with a few components of their youth vehicle. Here’s what you need to know.
Begin by setting the throttle controls, which you can do by adjusting the screw you’ll see protruding near the vehicle’s right brake lever.
The throttle limiting screw should be loose but not so loose that it’s going to come right out.
Once you’ve got the ATV’s degree of throttle where you want it, you should use a screwdriver to turn the throttle limiting screw in as tightly as it can go.
Don’t strip the screw but get it tight.
This restricts how fast the ATV goes, and a tighter setting does indeed mean less speed.
Next, you want to tighten the nearby jam nut so the throttle limiting screw won’t move out of place. You can usually do this by hand, but feel free to use a clamp or a wrench if you’re having a hard time.
Finally, you want to outfit your child’s ATV with an exhaust restrictor plate, which prevents how much airflow can exit the exhaust. This, too, is another means of controlling speed.
Make sure the exhaust restrictor-plate fits your child’s youth ATV make and model.
ATV speed governors are recommended for riders of all ages, as the speed limiter chokes off your vehicle once you surpass a certain speed.
You can reduce the rate of OHV accidents and enjoy greater peace of mind when riding with your buddies or watching your child on their ATV.
Now that you know how to install an ATV speed governor, safer days are ahead!
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What is the speed limiter for?! First of all, it prevents the operation of the ATV in harsh conditions, when running in a new engine, and even if the ATV is driven by a teenager or a rider with no driving experience. throttle as much as you set yourself or usually do at the pre-sale preparation of the ATV, so that the throttle valve does not open completely. Screw adjustment limits the maximum power of the engine and reduces the level of maximum speed. Limiters are of two types, adjustable and non-adjustable. An adjustable speed limiter is installed on the control unit on the right side of the steering wheel, and a non-adjustable speed limiter is usually installed directly in the ATV carburetor or on the injector air damper.
A non-adjustable restrictor is more difficult to dismantle, since this requires removing the carburetor or air damper - if it is an injector. Typically speed limiters
Adjustable Fits Small Quad Quads such as ATV 110-150-200cc. These are SAGITTA ORSO-150, SAGITTA ORSO-200, IRBIS-150, IRBIS-250, ARMADA-150, LONCIN-150, etc. Limiters without adjustment are on ATVs starting from 500 cc. see above. Some motorcycle manufacturers use the CDI electronic unit, or rather its technical device, as a speed limiter. When the engine reaches a certain speed, the "cut-off" in the CDI (switch) is activated and the engine starts to work intermittently until you slow down. Such an electronic device for limiting engine speed is not regulated and is not reflashed, in this case the CDI can be replaced with a switch without a limiter. However, for novice ATV riders, we recommend that you do not remove the limiter until you have sufficient riding experience, even if the engine has already been broken in.
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As a general rule, most scooters are equipped with speed limiters, they help protect the engine and main parts from overloading, and therefore from premature wear. But there is a category of owners who are ready to remove such a limiter. In some Chinese scooters that are brought to the territory of our country, speed and maximum speed limiters are not installed. But in models intended for the European market, they are still present, since in Europe the speed for small class scooters is limited to 45 km / h. If your vehicle has such a limiter, we remove it without any doubt and get an increase in speed of 15-30 kilometers per hour.
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The scooter can be turned off at the factory using several methods:
The carburetor and muffler are less popular in the speed-limiting field of four-stroke scooters. Therefore, meeting them, in comparison with two-stroke engines, will be problematic.
On the other hand, you can find models on the market that allow you to put a limiter on several nodes at once.
The appendix shown in the photo is cut off, the hole is sealed.
Remove the stop sleeve.
Yamaha horizontal engines need special mention. They are "strangled" both by release and with the help of electronic filling. The CPG windows can overlap almost halfway. But even with such blockages, it will not be difficult to squeeze out 70 kilometers per hour. But how to remove the speed limiter on a scooter?
A special plate placed near the weights or a metal ring installed between the CVT brushes can act as a limiter. Both the first and the second plug have the same goal - to prevent the brushes from compressing to the end. As a result, the belt cannot reach its maximum radius, thus blocking further acceleration. Interestingly, the engine will gain momentum, but the CVT limiter will not allow it to gain more speed.
So that the engine does not suffer from such manipulations, a special limiter is added to the switch. The bottom line is that when the maximum speed is reached, the fuel will not ignite.
Before removing the installed speed limiter on the scooter, it is necessary to acquire tools. A case with screwdrivers and wrenches is the best option.
Disassemble the variator and dispose of the belt along with the gear. A restrictive ring will appear in front of you. It is enough to remove it, and then put the parts in their places.
This is what the limiter ring looks like
Remove it completely
This is what the variator will look like without the ring
It also happens that the ring was not in this place. In this case, it is necessary to unscrew the inner cheek of the CVT mechanism. On the outside, there is usually a thrust plate, under which weights are mounted. After unscrewing the plate, put the rest of the parts in their places. It is not necessary to mount the plate back on the scooter.
In some cases, scooters are faced with a situation where the CVT ring and plate are missing, while there is still a maximum speed limit. In such a situation, you need to check the bushing. It may contain a protrusion that acts as a ring. There are two options for solving the problem - purchase a new bushing, or ask the turner to grind the ledge. It is important to make sure that the surface is not oversharpened. After grinding the machined node, it is necessary to assemble the variator back.
How to modify the variator, you can learn from the video below:
than provided by the manufacturer.
