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by Hildy
Mon Feb 10, 2020 10:22 pm
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: Engine stalls on over-run
Replies: 4
Views: 4749

Re: Engine stalls on over-run

SUCCESS !!! An easy fix, thanks to you blokes. I opened up the cover and at once saw the air cleaner hose had come off the carb. So that got re-attached (along with some fiddling around to make it a little more secure - the hose is a really tight stretch to reach, and the seating design on the carb ...
by Hildy
Mon Feb 03, 2020 5:41 am
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: Engine stalls on over-run
Replies: 4
Views: 4749

Re: Engine stalls on over-run

Thanks for the reply. I seem to recall cleaning out the carb a year or two ago when we had a problem in that the bike would idle but wouldn't rev. We fixed that with the help of info found on the 'net (very likely including this forum!). I think it was just a matter of carb-cleaning and adjustment, ...
by Hildy
Sun Feb 02, 2020 7:40 pm
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: Engine stalls on over-run
Replies: 4
Views: 4749

Engine stalls on over-run

Hello all, new to the forum, hope this hasn't already been covered (couldn't find it, anyway!),but here's a query please. We've got an old Nifty Fifty which is not used often but runs really well except for one problem - when you throttle right off to go down a steep hill, or slow down for a stop si...