i've been looking at some pice of scrambler and noticed that a lot of the fixed up ones have no shifter shaft running through the plastic. how do u shift and what did they do?

 

I just used a "blade" of aluminum. Removed the ball-stud, and drill it for the shaft coming out of the trans, and the hole the stud was in. I think it's only around 5" or so long. Depends on what kind of pipe you have. The HPD ATV8 (newer race style) is a very small diameter back there, unlike the other trail race pipes. You can zig and zag a bracket though.

 

i understand does it remove any weight or just for looks?

 

Kinda both actually. People really take a second look when you just reach down behind your leg to shift. All that shifter linkage is steel.

 

it looks cool but i like my shifter where it's at

 

You have to ultimately decide what you want. By removing the oil injection,battery,floorboards,and the little nit-picking things you can shed a considerable amount of weight which makes for a faster better handling quad.

 

Like Bubba said, it's all about performance. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] Speed baby!!

 

iam already heading that way bubba i have removed my injection, floorboards, battery, starter, skidplates, sprocket guard, headlights, some wiring, thinking about cooling fan any ideas on this?

 

I've run w/o the cooling fan on mine for a couple of years. You have to run Redline's Water Wetter though....or should I say, I strongly suggest that. Eric and Dennis from Da AZ Boyz first suggested this, and it works. I'm not sure how it would go with the stock head, I know with the HPD billet head it works great.