I was giving my machine a thorough washing and had the rack's off and it made it look a lot more like a racer. Just wondering if anyone know's how no rack's would affectthe performance of the machine.

 

Leave the racks on, you won't be saving anything by trying to lighten the quad up. Utility means utility, use 'em.

 

If you really want to know, go stand on your scale at home and then pick up your racks. Do the simple subtraction. Removing the racks will do nothing noticeable for performance...just make it look a little faster. Like Tim said, Utility means Utility.

 

Seriously,

What's the point?

 

I think it depends on the quad. If you have a older utility quad and it has metal racks then you would be taking a lot of weight off. Even if you took the racks of a new explorer, it would make it almost identical to the 400 scrambler.

I think any weight taken off is an improvement but I mostly agree with the other guys. If it's a sportsman or anything along those lines, just keep the racks on. A utility is a utility.

 

Although I tend to agree with the others, if you want them off go for it. However, given the (very heavy) weight of Polaris atv's I think the weight loss would be insignificant to it's performance. If it feels good, do it! (You can always put them back on.)

 

I had one rack off mine (for mounting an extension) and doubt the plastic part weighed 5 punds. You could save about as much weight by not eating until after you ride. I suppose you could shave off a few more pounds by taking off the metal supports under the rack, but I agree with the others that it wouldn't gain enough to be worth the trouble.

 

Not much weight loss... but I took them off the Xplorer once and the front end would look cool without the rack! Go for it and take some pics to show us...