Governor system for gasoline powered vehicles

A governor system (24) is provided for limiting a degree of throttle travel of a throttle (22) as a function of rotational speed of a drive axle (16). The governor system (24) includes a governor shaft (110) rotatably supported by the drive axle (16) and operably interconnected to internal components of the drive axle (16) for varying a feedback torque, a governor arm (112) fixed for rotation with the governor shaft (110), a throttle cable (28) interconnected with the governor arm (112) for applying a first pulling force to the throttle (22) and an accelerator cable (26) resiliently interconnected with the governor arm (112) to apply a second pulling force to the governor arm (112). The second pulling force induces rotation of the governor arm (112) for applying a torque on the governor shaft (110). The torque balances with the feedback torque of the governor shaft (110) for limiting the second pulling force as a function of the rotational speed of the drive axle (16).