you are not to downshift without a clutch on any tranny on a shee, duneables are upshifting with out a clutch on the gas. but can still clutch it slow riding and trails. its the cats ass imo
cubs have tripples, lot of exh area ,so pretty much a drag setup. plenty of post about it.
i think one was called are cubs trail friendly. answer not really, sure stuff can be done to make them but they really dont come on till 6500rpms. why have a high hp motor and cut its nuts down to make it more trail friendly.
take your stocker get them ported for woods/dune, some pipes for it and not huge carbs for trails. imo