My summer project - 1995 Polaris SLX 780

[Kracka]

The parts cost is already adding up! I've spent about $120 already buying maintenance and replacement parts and I haven't even begun actually working on it.

[Kracka]

Nice project! I had a '95 Yamaha Waveblaster 700 with a few mods. That thing was a lot of fun! Seeing this makes me miss it.
They are fun toys! Ever since my modded '94 Polaris SL650 blew up I've missed having two around. My parents have a '01 Polaris Virage so it will be nice having two at the lake again.

[Goat Blower]

Nice, I had a couple of vintage SL650's as well, great ride for the price. I thought about slapping a turbo on it, then read up on two-stroke's, no thanks.

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

Turbo two strokers can make a decent amount of power, they are just a pain in the ass to set up.

As far as using a DSM to tow a boat, I think the boat in the pic would be a little too heavy for me to feel comfortable with. I used a '93 Celica to tow my jetski and it worked just fine.

[Goat Blower]

I wouldn't worry about a boat behind my DSM since it's beefed up in every way, but I wouldn't want to be putting the rearend in the water every time I launched or pulled out the boat. Trucks that frequently load and unload boats go through rear bearings quicker.

[Kracka]

I spent a good 8 hours today working on this thing. I replaced most of the fuel lines (10' wasn't enough so I ran out today), removed the jet intake grate to clean out the jet pump, put in new spark plugs, sprayed the carbs with some carb cleaner, drained the oil and fuel, inspected and cleaned the reeds, lubricated the steerting, throttle, and choke cables, tightened the steering and trim connections, refilled the oil and fuel with fresh stuff, replaced the fuel and oil filters, and finally primed the fuel system. If I work on it again tomorrow I'll finish replacing the fuel lines, clean the flame arrestors, reattach the intake manifold and carbs, and maybe get a new battery for it and try turning it over :D

[s1ngletracker]

Sounds like you know what you're doing!

[A//// Guy]

Good progress.

You will probably need to take the carbs apart and clean them. Just spraying carb cleaner wont do much.

[Kracka]

You will probably need to take the carbs apart and clean them. Just spraying carb cleaner wont do much.
You're probably right :( Do you think a carb rebuild kit will be necessary?

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

Unless you wanna spend hours cleaning every tiny little part, I'd suggest getting a rebuild kit. You would probably need to buy gaskets for it anyways.