what I think elky did was leave the reverse lock out slide in place on the shift and removed the stopping block
also his shift knob is near 13 oz, so that helps his shifter I beleive
you can just zip tie the boot to the shifter
oh I would say not using the reverse lock out is like removing it on any shifter, just as long as you don't think for a moment you have a 6-speed and go for 6th.....