Not idling but stalling

During our Saturday trip up the McKenzie River’s Highway 126, the only problem we had with Svetlana was that she kept dying at stops and would not always want to get started.

But what is the issue… if there is one?

There could be spark plugs and carb fittings to check. However, a tight idle and some stalling are also pretty common issues for new, still-being-broken-in Urals. With only 1300kms (808 miles), Svetlana is still pretty new. From what I’ve seen from others experiences, it’s usually just a matter of the engine breaking in more, and the idle improves.

A mechanical problem, or just growing pains?

Still, I’m trying to suss out the issue to see if I do need to check anything or muck about with the idle settings or some such. Here are some threads and sites that I’ve checking out:

• Soviet Steeds - What is the purpose? Small screw…
• Soviet Steeds - Stalling at stoplights
• Soviet Steeds - Air mixture screws…where abouts?
• Soviet Steeds - Stalling at stoplights
• Trouble Shooting - classicbikes.org.uk (thanks Howard!)

I’ve also posted a question about this to the Hammerin’ and Wrenchin’ - Tech Talk section of Soviet Steeds: Soviet Steeds - 1300km and Stalling at Stoplights

Updates to come.