Antique snowmobile - 1973 Knight Raider - vintage

[hotrodrupp1]

nice freakin job!!... its good to see somewon that really understands the meaning of custom...iam a tt fan, dont have one yet...... i do have a custom rupp u might like to see. no pix on u tube, i have some pix on my facebook, randy coolbaugh Ithaca NY. drop me a line , would like to chat...........

[c4sb2008]

Awesome bro!

[024leoj]

Thank you so much for posting this vid! I have not seen anything this cool in a long while! I would buy 1 of these if you were willing to make 1 for me!

[skaaltel]

amazing work!

[charloz24]

NICE WORK MAN!!! AWESOME!

[TheMrMrTrucker]

I saw This At the show

[rheniformer]

Your Knight Raider is just too Cool! A very extreme quality rebuild. What ultra impresses me the most? Your not afraid to "Giv'r". I always say there is no glory for a vintage machine to be treated like it's made of egg shells. If a machine is so delicate that you don't dare demonstrate what the sales brochures boasted then it wasn't worthy of restoration. Great work all around, thank you for sharing.

[vintagefan75]

Hello

What an amazing amount of work, enjoyed the video. You inspired me to get in gear and get my 73 44tt done. What did you do to improve the chain tensioner? My support broke in 1989 and it has been slowly coming together. I was wrestling with gel coat or paint? Did you get a lot of parts from Sportshop?

[KraigBradley]

@vintagefan75 I used a chain tensioner from a 71 skidoo nordic i had laying around main axle and jack shaft bearings just copy the numbers on the sides and go to a bearing dealer got mine at advaned tech in saginaw mi. drive sprocets sliders boogies shocks i get from dennis kirk windsheilds from the sport shop tail lights jc whitney those are older jeep side marker lights also recreational leisure

Inc sold copany and chaned name still there dont know the new name.

[vintagefan75]

@KraigBradley

Thanks for the info, I live in Northern British Columbia and so parts are hard to source. The main shaft gear was worn down too far so I took the shaft out, machined down the gear as they are welded on, is that stock? and then welded on a new gear after I machined out the center section of that gear to fit the portion I machined on the old shaft. make sense? Did you paint the white ones, or gel coat?

[KraigBradley]

@vintagefan75 the welded gear is stock, I paint all my raiders , base coat clear coat gel coat is tuffer but prone to spider cracks, no matter which one you do you MUST sand out the spider cracks right donw to the fglass or they will transfer right throuh your new paint or gel coat

[KraigBradley]

@vintagefan75 ps the guy from the sport shop passed away last month so i dont know whats going on with raider parts there

[vintagefan75]

@KraigBradley So sad to hear about the sport shop, he was a huge help for me, he had all sorts of parts, told me he purchased the remains of Leisure Ind, 7 semi trailer loads of parts. He had parts still in parts bins sorted by part number. I got so many parts I was not expecting to find.

[icanflyhigh]

Sooooo.... Where's the bass? LOL! That's what I call a sweet ride! Screw cars. Very well done.

[xmozzazx]

Awesome build!

[xmozzazx]

Kohler?

[SuperRedneck454]

how much you want for it

[SuperRedneck454]

does it go good?

[2500vtg]

That is an incredibly well done resto-mod. I can appreciate all the hours of work you must have put into it. Congrats!

[73Cheetah]

I hope The Hoff got to see this one. It's one of a kind, nice job. Surely a hit at the vintage shows and rides.

[TheMRSCHUCKNORRIS]

you should make a tinted dome so the seat and the technology doesnt get ruined if you ever take it in the snow

[duder303]

i rarely watch a full 10 min vid this is one of the coolest things i've seen in a while.

[theyfilm]

This baby really need a bow-tie steering wheel.

[Horsesavy]

Also its great to come across those track marks once and a while on the trails, Makes me glad to know that their are still a few out there alive and playing amongst the new gen of sleds.

I'm definitely a die hard on vintage sleds. I've owned a few newer sleds, yeah they are smooth and easy to handle, but their is no special uniqueness to them as to what older sleds had. so many different breeds and designs in their hay day. sadly most died out in the crunch of the 70's leaving only the big 4.

[Horsesavy]

Beautifully Done my friend. I have a collection of raiders awaiting a rebirth. Love the customizing you have done to her. I still wish i had my first Raider TT 34. back in the early 80's i dropped a 440 Intruder into her rear. Also changed final drive ratio's and mod'ed the tracks for the higher speeds. wish i would have kept it.

[Sextioneight]

Way SWEET !!!..... I like your style my friend !

[slednck3]

i want this so bad omg how much u ever put a bigger motor in and about how fast u get it going

[KraigBradley]

@slednck3 they go about sixty mph mine has afew mods and goes a little faster my next one will have a bigger motor but when you do it there are alot off reinforsments to do glad you like it though

[slednck3]

i want this so bad omg how much

[gogomobile101]

Great work my freind, I live in canada and I am actively looking for a Raider . again congratulations on a job well done !

[KraigBradley]

took a long time so much work wires, body, frame, paint

[MH2068]

@KraigBradley Hello I also have a few Raiders and need help finding good parts is there a place that you

Know of to get parts Thank You

[KraigBradley]

@MH2068 some u can order but mostly buy scrap ones take parts or try a junk yard

[avidx]

Wow it looks great !