before i do sumthing i will regret, is it tru that when you are drag racing you use the clutch in first gear only? also what if i make a second gear start. When i say racing i mean blacktop road.

 

Starting in second gear, not a problem. Shifting w/o using the clutch... Well, I wouldn't do it. Sure, your tranny can take that abuse, for a while. Eventually you will bend a shift fork or something though. If you want to shift w/o the clutch, maybe you should look into a Rekluse that lets you do just that.

 

ok thx, thats what i thought. i knew it was ok to start out in second, but i was told the way to get the fastest drag time was to shift without using the clutch and never letting off the gas. I should have realised that was stupid but thanks for the feedback! -Rick-

 

Yes, that would be the way to fastest drag times, it just isn't a very nice way to treat your tranny.

 

I've heard the pred 500 will not shift unless you let off the gas?.....maybe some work some don't

 

It took Polaris a while to get a good shifting tranny in the Pred. True the earlier ones don't powershift very well but I think this was fixed with the '05 model year? Tranny design has a lot to do with how tolerant the quad(or bike) is of shifting w/o the clutch. Most of the big 4 are pretty durable, but my thought is if you care about your equipment, why abuse it. Now if I was racing in an organized competition, that might be another story.

 

on black top you'd need a wheely bar or take off slow or you'll just wheely, sometimes when i race i wont let off the gas, but use the clutch.

 

any stock trans wont shift without using the clutch or backing off the throttle because under load it doesnt free the trans up to let it slip into the next gear.

an override will let you shift WOT though without a clutch. a backcut trans will also HELP shifting WOT

 

i agree with DaBeechMan completely. when drag racing my 84 atc 250r with stock trans you must let off the throttle or pull the clutch to shift but from my experience pulling the clutch and holding the throttle wide open has given me my fastest time 5.611 300ft and my most wins ...

 

wow, this thread is almost 10 months old!