To answer your question, no, power steering would not have prevented the bump steer you experienced when you hit that root. I ride a Yamaha 700 Grizzly EPS in the AZ desert during the winter and have experienced the same issue when hitting rocks. Power steering might help you avoid an obstacle, but it won't keep the handlebars from being jerked out of your hands if you hit the wrong thing at the wrong angle in the wrong place at the wrong time. If anything, power steering might make it worse, because the machine is easier to steer, and the PS boost doesn't care whether you are steering it with your hands on the bars or if a rock or log is trying to steer it for you down below. Having said that, I would not own a machine without power steering at this point. It is a wonderful feature on a quad.
Last edited by wildhobbybobby; 06/27/17.
