First of all let me give credit to Dean for giving me a clue as to what the problem was. I am a neat freak when it comes to wiring, it comes from 40 years in computer electronics. I just can't stand to see a bundle of wires hanging out. So I neatly bundle the wiring up and neatly tie them together with nylon tie raps and admire how nice it all looks. Well that was until my new Ringmaster began to have weird problems, like the motor governor was having problem and sudden shut downs. My first thought was the feed back wire from the motor to the KR timer had an intermittent connection. So I cut all the tie raps and examined the connections on the feedback wire and it was sound.
That's when I remember what Dean had said about cross coupling between the motor wires and other, for lack of a better term, data wires. Sure enough the feed back wire was in the middle of the power wire bundle. When I opened up the bundle and left everything hanging in the breeze the motor stabilized right up and worked as intended. Any inductive coupling of back EMF pulses into the feedback wire will totally screw up the timers ability to keep track of motor RPM, and makes it impossible for the governor to work. So if you use a KR governor/timer I urge you to make sure the feedback wire is kept clear of the three motor wires. Mine was buried in the middle of the three wires, which is probably worst case.
This was the first time any of my power systems have done this but if it happens once it can happen again.
Andy