After all, on the one hand we have a company universally known for creating motorcycles, iconically driven by pot-bellied, bearded, gruff bikers with chains dangling from their jeans and a headband wrapped around their thinning hair. On the other hand we have golf, the gentlemen’s sport, and one which until recently was seen as the pastime of the more educated and refined among us.

Yet in 1963, this strange fusion did indeed occur. Harley Davidson was battling to branch out from its typical roots and attain a new image as it got battered in the press and entertainment industry for supposedly catering to gangs and hoodlums. The stark contrast that golf represented image-wise was exactly what Harley Davidson needed, hence the strange partnership.

A few years later they sold their golf cart operations to AMF, who would later sell them to Columbia Par Car. These companies continued to produce Harley Davidson golf carts until 1995. With the carts no longer being produced, but interest in them still being exceptionally high, there is a thriving community online dealing with the upkeep and maintenance of these golf carts.

The carts came in a variety of styles over the years, from the outlandish which you would typically associate with the brand, to styles very much traditional with golf cart designs of the time in question. Carts came in both gas and electric models.

Tracking down and purchasing one of these classic golf carts is not easy, but it’s certainly possible. If you’re a big enough enthusiast of both golf and Harley Davidson to make the venture worthwhile, it’s definitely worth looking into.

The usual online routes for tracking down rare items apply in this case as well, making auction sites and other classified sites your best friend. These avenues are also worthwhile for tracking down necessary parts which may be needed now or in the future for maintenance.

Another viable option is to deal with a golf cart parts website. These sites not only have broad selections of parts, but also feature robust classified listings of users selling both carts and parts, as well as looking to buy the same. These sites are a more certain way of tracking down something you’d like to buy or sell.

If you’re a golfer who has a soft spot for Harley Davidson, and love puttering around in a golf cart, searching for one of these classic golf carts would be highly recommended. It’s an intriguing reminder of the past, of a time when our perceptions of Harley Davidson, bikers, and golfers, was quite different than it is now.

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Harley Davidson Golf Carts Are Still A Popular Golf Novelty Item

One of their most basic and reliable carts is the TXT Golf Cart. As I said it is a very basic cart without any strange features that you wouldn’t know what to do with. It has room for two people and two golf bags filled with your ping golf clubs.

But what if you want a TXT Golf Cart that isn’t as ordinary as the standard model? Do you have any way to get a professional customized cart based on the TXT model?

You might have already guessed that the answer to that question is “yes”. From the EZGO website you’ll find that but simply contacting your local EZGO golf cart dealer you will receive a customized quote for the modifications you want to your TXT. They have a huge list of things that they can do in-house as well as things that can be made using sub-contractors. You can find the list here: http://www.ezgo.com/innovative_designs.html

One thing that you’ll need to think about before you get into the customization process is that even though a normal EZGO TXT golf cart comes at a reasonable price, you’ll surely be paying a lot more for a customized version and unless you have money to spend you might find the solution to be far more expensive than you had imagined.

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EZGO TXT Golf Cart Customization

I went to the company’s website and found that the have been producing golf carts for more than 54 years. Now I’m sure they didn’t start out producing the bag boy golf cart but somewhere along the way they got a good idea and ran with it.

From one of the press releases they did I can see that they have a few options that they recommend you to have a look at.

Z-2 Stand bag

With the Z-2 Stand Bag you’ll get the Zip-to-Fit™ Removable Pocket System. This will allow you to customize the pockets of the bag to meet your individual needs while still offering the lightest load possible. When you have all the pockets attached, the bag weighs only five pounds.

Lite Rider Cart Bag

The Lite Rider Cart Bag is the lightest cart bag that you’ll find on the market today. The company designed it for the player who pulls or rides a golf cart, yet wants a bag that is lightweight and convenient to transport to and from the course. If you have tried to drag a heavy golf bag around a court for a whole day you know why you want a light bag (or a bag boy golf cart).

To finish off I found this test that I think you should look into. The results of these golf trivia questions are quite surprising.

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Bag Boy Golf Carts

From Sun Mountain’s website they state that because of their innovative approach and their never-satisfied looks at things they were the ones that invented the world’s first modern stand bags change the trend from being pull carts to being push carts.

Whether that is true or not is hard to say and if you’re a golfer I don’t think you could even care less. If you’re looking for Sun Mountain golf carts you only need to know that you have two options to choose between. The version 1 and the version 2 cart.

The Speed Golf Cart v1 comes in 7 different colors where as the v2 cart is only created in 3 colors. The biggest different between the two, besides the colors, are the fact that version 2 I made out of aluminum tubing that will make it a stronger and more durable cart.

When looking into the price I found that when you buy these carts from new they’re priced at approximately $200 for Speed Cart version 1 and $270 for Speed Cart version 2. If you’re being hard on your golf cart and want a solution that might last a little longer then does $70 might be very well spent.

Finding Sun Mountain Golf Carts at a Discount

But why would you pay the full price if you were able to get the same golf cart at a 40% – 50% discount?

At Ebay the Sun Mountain Golf Cart v1 is offered at only $136 and that is for a brand new 2008 model. So you don’t even have to get a used cart to get the discount. You can also find used models at below $100 if you really want to go cheap.

Check out Ebay now to get your new golf cart at a discount.

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Sun Mountain Golf Cart

It is no different than hunting for any other used item. The selection is often far more limited than the selection of new carts and most of what you find will seem to be to highly price, in a bad condition or maybe the seller is hundreds of kilometers away.

So if you have decided that you want the EZGO golf cart and maybe you have even decided on a specific model and color then what do you do?

Well you can start off by checking your local papers and maybe even calling your local golf or country club and see whether there is anything up for sale in those places. Chances are rather slim that they have the exact model that you want but you never know. It might be your lucky day.

The Best Place to Find Used EZGO Golf Carts

The wonders of the internet are many and when you’re searching for something like golf carts you are in luck. You might have heard of the online auction house called Ebay and that is the first place I would recommend that you go look for a used golf cart.

There are literally hundreds if not thousands of used carts offered every single day and you can easily find prices that are ridiculously low compared to what things might cost when they’re new.

Go check out ebay now to see if you’re in luck.

Used EZGO Model from Ebay

As an example I found this fairly priced 1999 Freedom 36 volt EZGO golf cart on Ebay. The current bid at the time of writing is $1,550 and compared to the price of most new golf carts ranging from $4,000 to $8,000 that is quite a bargain.

Now when you’re reading this article the offer is probably no longer available but there is most like another one just as good or even better.

I will therefore encourage you to go check out what ebay has to offer when it comes to used Ez Go golf carts. And as an add-on bonus there is also tons of spare parts up for sale at bargain prices.

Click here to check it all out and find your EZGO golf cart today.

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Used EZ Go Golf Carts

The Melex electric 4 seater golf cart comes with 2×2 seats. As shown on the picture you’ll have two seat pointing forwards and 2 seats pointing backwards. It means that the passengers will be placed back to back but you’ll still easily be able to carry on a conversation.

The golf cart is equipped with a 4kW ADC motor , Sepex Curtis 1266 controller and Trojan T105 batteries. As an addition to the standard package you can get Water Misers or the AGM maintenance free batteries.

All of the Melex electric 4 seater golf carts come in a large selection of colors. The example in the picture is white but you can also choose from the colors: green, champagne, dark metallic blue, yellow, black, and red. If you own a golf club or a country club you can have the carts painted in custom colors with logo and everything. Just ask when ordering.

4 Seater Golf Cart Specs.

• Battery: 8x Trojan T105 (48V)
• Motor: 4 kW
• Passenger capacity: 4
• Range (loaded) based on flat road at a speed of 20km/h: 55Km
• Max. speed (km/h): 32
• Minimum turning radius (m): 3
• Max. climbing ability (loaded): 28%
• Max. movement after brake: <4m
• Overall dimensions(L*W*H)(mm): 2350×1180x1750mm
• Max. loading weight: 340kgs
• Net weight: 480kgs

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Melex Electric 4 Seater Golf Cart

The difference in the specifications are that you’ll get a 33% increased driving range (from 60km to 80km). You’ll get an increased top speed and the climbing ability will also be increased. The 48V model will weight about 60kg more than the 36V model.

The Melex Electrical 2 Seater Fleet 48V Golf Cart is designed as a cost effective and reliable Golf Club Fleet cart. This particular model has a lot of great features such as:

• Regenerative Braking
• Anti-Rollaway
• Reversing Alarm
• Split Windscreen and Charger
• 48V Sepex Curtis 1243 controller
• Trojan T875 batteries and
• 3kW ADC motor

To reduce maintenance time and hassles and prolong battery life the cart can be optionally supplied with Water Misers or AGM maintenance-free batteries.

Standard colors include:

• White
• Green
• Champagne
• Dark Metallic Blue
• Yellow
• Black and
• Red

Melex 2 Seater Fleet 48V Specifications

• Battery Voltage: 48V
• Motor: 3 kW
• Passenger capacity: 2
• Range (loaded) based on flat road at a speed of 20km/h: < 80Km

 

• Max. speed (km/h): 27
• Minimum turning radius (m): 3.5
• Max. climbing ability (loaded): 28%
• Max. movement after brake: <4m
• Overall dimensions(L*W*H)(mm): 2350X1180X1750mm

 

• Max. loading weight: 150kgs
• Net weight: 540kgs

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Melex Golf Cart – Electric 2 Seater Fleet 48V

The Melex Electrical 2 Seater Fleet 36V Golf Cart is designed as a cost effective and reliable Golf Club Fleet cart. This particular model has a lot of great features such as:

• Regenerative Braking
• Anti-Rollaway
• Reversing Alarm
• Split Windscreen and Charger
• 36V Sepex Curtis 1243 controller
• Trojan T105 batteries and
• 3kW ADC motor

To reduce maintenance time and hassles and prolong battery life the cart can be optionally supplied with Water Misers or AGM maintenance-free batteries.

Standard colors include:

• White
• Green
• Champagne
• Dark Metallic Blue
• Yellow
• Black and
• Red

Melex 2 Seater Fleet 36V Specifications

• Battery Voltage: 36V
• Motor: 3 kW
• Passenger capacity: 2
• Range (loaded) based on flat road at a speed of 20km/h: < 60Km

 

• Max. speed (km/h): 21
• Minimum turning radius (m): 3.5
• Max. climbing ability (loaded): 20%
• Max. movement after brake: <4m
• Overall dimensions(L*W*H)(mm): 2350X1180X1750mm

 

• Max. loading weight: 150kgs
• Net weight: 480kgs

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Melex Electric 2 Seater Fleet 36V Golf Cart

A Little Background on the Melex Cart Company

The Company was originally named Columbia Cars and was established back in 1995, which means that it has been serving the golfing industry for more than 10 years now. Some years ago the name was changed to Melex Golf Cars PTY Ltd., but besides the change of name not much else changed.

In order to better serve the industry of light vehicles Melex acquired another company to build a broader range of products to offer its customers. Originally Melex produced high quality golf carts and hopefully it’ll continue to do so.

Before I go into some of the disadvantages of choosing the Melex brand cart let me share with you some of the benefits as I see them.

Melex’s Advantages

There are several benefits that I would like to tell you about but since this isn’t a sales pitch I’ll try to refrain from using too many superlatives. The first thing I would like to mention about these golf carts is that they’re electrical which means that they’re better for the environment. All of carts use the maintenance free Fullriver AGM battery sets and as you have probably read in my other article on maintaining golf carts it’s a great plus no to have to do weekly or bi-weekly battery checks. 

The Melex golf cart is built following very strict Italian styles specifications, which includes using ADC motors and the latest technology such as Curtis programmable controllers. Being technical isn’t always a positive feature but in these carts you’ll probably never notice much of the advanced technology that is built in besides when you benefit from the features.

A great example of an affordable and solid 2 seat model is the “Electric 2 Seater Fleet 36V Golf Cart”. As the name says it comes with a 36 volt electrical engine but you can also get a more powerful 48 volt engine if that is what you want.

The standard colors are white, green, champagne, dark metallic blue, yellow, black, and red. You can also have a custom made color if you like for it to fit your club colors.

And the Disadvantages of the Melex Golf Carts

Now if you already own one of these golf carts don’t worry because there are actually only a few disadvantages as I see it.

The first one is that the Melex Company is rather small compared to some of the other golf cart companies worldwide. Because the company is located in South Africa it is only serving customers in countries like South Africa (naturally!), Namibia, Seychelles and Mauritius. Now if you live in some of these countries that is great but if you live in the US or Europe you will not only have a hard time finding a dealer but can also have a hard time finding spare parts.

Most golf cart service providers will probably be able to help you out so even if you do own a Melex golf cart and live far from South Africa, you might not be totally lost. You should however expect to have to pay somewhat higher prices for parts and especially the ones that have to be original Melex parts.

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Melex Golf Carts