A pair of engine mounting brackets for an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) is provided. The engine mounting bracket includes the following: a first portion having a mitten shape; a hole in a fingertip portion of the mitten shape; a hole in a thumb portion of the mitten shape; a second portion parallel to the first portion; a middle portion interconnecting the first portion and the second portion at first and second interfaces, respectively, the middle portion being oriented transversely relative to the first and second portions wherein the first portion and the second portion are parallel to each other; and a middle hole in the middle portion just downward of the first interface, wherein the first portion, the second portion, the holes of the first portion and the middle hole being mirror images of each other relative to each engine mounting bracket of the pair though not the middle portions.