My 2nd gen steering knuckles bent, but nothing else has broken on my
cart at all either. There are good ones made, but most people only hear
about the bad ones.

jwest315 wrote:

>My brother and I took the Yerf out for what was intended as a short
>ride together. We had so much fun exploring the countyside that the
>short ride turned into about 21/2 hrs. My brother and I weigh in at
>about 225 a piece giving a total of 450lbs. I thinks ist's only rated
>for 350lbs. We started out slow but eventualy sped up thru winding
>trails, down into creek bottoms and back up tall hills. The land we
>rode on also had a pretty good motorcycle track with large jumps. Even
>with both of us the yerf got plenty of air as we went faster and faster
>around the track. The extra weight we gave the Yerf even made it ride
>better. On a few of the jumps we did bottom out the back shocks (and
>my back) but it did fine on everything else. I bought the Yerf about a
>year ago for me and my 4 yr to enjoy together. It has seen alot of
>use, but not hard abusive driving. To this day, nothing has broken on
>the kart. And after what punishment it stood up to yesterday, I'm
>impressed. The kart doesn't seem to have a scratch from the tuff
>excursion. Now, either I just got lucky with a good kart, or it may
>fall apart tomorrow sitting in the garage, but the thing has done well
>so far. Can anyone explain this or had similar luck? I mean not even a
>broken engine mount!
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