Quick walk around and cold start video showing my 1990 early build RXL. Feel free to ask any questions in the comments. Check out @Rum_River_Triples on IG for more similar classic Indy content.
Man she's georgous! That was the best looking RXL ever! Great job on restoration! Museum Quality wow! I had a 93 and it was a Rocket! But carried an extra battery in the trunk wired up, cuz when she went down ,you were screwed. Beautiful Sled, nice work😊
i know this video is 2 years old , for a 1990 sled this snowmobile very good shape it almost look brand new , i think this sled should be in snowmobile museum and if i owned this sled i never sale it that for sure
The 650 in general sounded awesome, even with the stock exhaust. I still think it is one of the best sounding sleds of all time. I bought a 1998, turns out the clutch was done and it spun the crank out of phase, I would love to find a nice 1991-1992 clean 650 to have some fun with. I tried to jump start the sled with a jump pack and it almost smoked the stator, that was a big mistake on my part.
These are very rare sleds out there. Polaris I believe made only 500 of them. What made them unique over the production units from 91and on was they made more HP and had a very good ignition system and better porting work. I think production units had 102 HP and the 90 RXL were between 105-108 HP. I had a 91 which is the best looking one of them all and put a set of SLP pipes and chip in it and woke the machine up. Nothing like the sound of a piston port engine with a set of triple pipes.
Things change as they must. It must be true that the expression "they don't build em like that anymore" appies perfectly to this fine machine. Why would a guy go out and spend $15,000.00 on a new sled when these are still available? I don't know. I recognize that this is a 3 year old post, but I'd still like to know if Fox shocks are still available for sleds of this era.
I used to have a 91 650 rxl and it was a fast sled in the day and mostly how beautiful they sounded stock they we're very distinguished from the other sleds.
That's a hell of a nice job of cleaning that up... I mean that thing is spotless.... I have 97 Polaris Storm 800... I work my ass off on it... I understand how time-consuming it is to keep things that clean under the hood... it's a really nice sled dude...
Thanks guys, and Todd, we looked for you guys at the McGregor ride last year. Was expecting to see your 650 there. This one was going together at the same time pretty much.
Beautiful restoration !, I had a 93 rxl and was the first really fast sled I had, yours looks amazing ! And being the first year rxl really makes it a keeper, email me if she's ever for sale. Nice job,! 90 indys wedge style are king .
We maintain a fleet that have pipes, etc. For the miles we put on they hold together well with some good preventive maintenance. I'll be happy to pipe this one but only if it can be done correctly. If it twists a crank then I'll fix it then. I prefer the extra horsepower personally.
Ha ha! The battery box was under the muffler next to the chaincase up until 1994 (five model years 90, 91, 92, 93, 94 short track). The 94 RXL short track models kept the battery under the muffler next to the chaincase.The 94 RXL Touring models with reverse had the battery moved to the nose cone. The 95 RXL's with xtra-12 carried over the nose cone battery location.
Good to know the specific years that kept the battery tray in that original location. That should expand my search for pipes. As of this moment I have not found a set worth installing
I love it, nice job with the video. I would leave it 100% stock, no triple pipes, do you really need that extra 15-20 HP and lose the nice mellow sound.
Thanks Mark, I appreciate the comment! I'd like to keep up with the other 650's and XCR's in our group, all piped. Plus I love the "Day 2" style on both sleds and muscle cars. Pipes, studs, and clutching just seems 'right' on these machines so I'd do it if I can find the right set. I wouldn't hack it up to do it though. It does have a nice sound stock as well so if it doesn't happen I'll keep enjoying as-is.
Could be any number of items. First and foremost get yourself a battery tender. These NEED 12+ volts to run properly. If it sat for any length of time I'd replace the fuel pickup in the tank and the other lines as well. There should be two filters, a plastic low pressure and a metal high pressure, either could be clogged. Finally, look into the "select monitor for PC" program. This takes some setup but it works and will allow you to see any ECM codes as well as set your TPS. Aside from that you can also verify for good compression across all 3 cylinders, adequate fuel pressure (faulty regulators are not uncommon) and don't forget to go through cleaning your clutches, checking for wear, and checking driveline bearings. Crank seals are a maintenance item for me as well if I don't know the history on a sled but you have a lot of other items to check off the list before you get to that. Sorry, not an easy answer. No shortcuts to getting a 25+ year old machine reliable and truly "right".
@@guodtools1 I haven't seen a pair of Deckers that exits the stock belly pan location which is what I'd need. If he wants to sell them though please let me know, I've got other projects that could use pipes!
