new here and new bike. 430wr 1982

Restored and well cared for with a ton of parts, documents etc.
I like the older stuff. I grew up around yz/kx/cr's, never saw a husky or frankly knew of them. I guess they were quite the bike in the late 70/early 80's, but expensive for the time. This one popped up and I started doing some research. It should be a fun bike for the woods.

Wow what a fast bike. Bit much for some of the rocky trails near me. Thing wants to climb every tree I see.

Also got to experience a runaway for the first time. I was letting the bike idle and run itself out of fuel to drain the carb. Well after a min it went to wot. Kill switch, nada. Plug wire, nada. Fuel shutoff, already off. No co2 extinguisher close, I was able to choke it out. Phew. Think I am deaf now tho!

It seems pretty standard in the outdoor equipment, sting trimmers etc, to have running out of fuel at idle preferable to storing full of fuel for half a year or so. The all position carb on those doesn't really have a float bowl though. There generally is a plug to change the main jet that works good for draining fuel.

if it was running away and still running and if no fuel it is running on something....bad seal and sucking oil from trans

Tap leaking?, use the choke when they run on.

Great bike.

100 percent agree on this...if i wanted to cause a runaway i would do this..first thing to do when a bike runs away is choke, but this likely wont help if its running out of fuel.
very nice looking bike by the way, hopefully no damage was sustained running away

bike is running fine, thx all

Got a 83 Wr430 here in the shed belonging to a mate. Goes real well.

Nice bike indeed, I love the WR's what they are saying is when you run the fuel out you are running your engine lean (not good) In your case it sounded like your petcock is leaking just enough to keep the engine going or your crank seal is possible leaking and the engine is creating a vacuum and sucking in trans. oil but it would have really been smoking like a freight train if that was the case.
Make sure you check your petcock is not leaking thru because one day soon it will flood the engine filling the bottom end and you will never get it cranked no matter how many times you kick it.Thus wearing your kicker out even more than it is. At most you could shut off fuel and run it just a min. just be care full and don't run it all out. Good luck , lots of super cool guys here daily.. So ask away if need be, These are really well made bikes . I too had some jap bikes and will never go back now.

is there anything in the extinguisher thats corrosive? i have had good luck treating my fuel with startron ethanol treatment, i have left bikes sit all winter with it, no problem. i now run 50/50 110vp/91 ethanol free.

Never, ever, allow a two stroke motorcycle to run out of fuel, you are causing a runaway lean condition that can cause severe damage to the engine (seizure) just like an air leak whether its running under power or idling. If you want to drain the carb for long term storage, just unscrew the plug on the bottom of the float bowl, it is very easy to get to on a 250/400/430/500 Husky.

Justin, nothing that has ever hurt my stuff, (CO2), don't use dry powder ones. I have had a run away diesel before, also one on a small dozer. A shot of CO2 into the intake is a quick stop. As others have said, peacock is leaking, easy fix. Thx all

Not really bragging here, but I got my first husky when I was 14, nobody explained this idea of draining the float bowl to me, and I went years without doing it and no substantial problems (I've had the bike over 20 years, and only had to rebuild the carb once).

I do drain bowls now, especially when using gas containing ethanol, but just sayin' if you're not letting the bike sit for a long stretch, my experience would suggest that petcock off and wet bowl is fine.

im 34 myself...things were different 20 years ago with fuel..now an additive must be run or just non ethanol fuel used..

20 years ago you could do that, but regular pump fuel goes bad in as little as 3 months now, even if it contains no ethanol.

i use stabilizer in everything anymore regardless of ethanol content. its good tho at least the ethanol free i get locally is in its own pump from its own tank at least.

Tractor torque just point it where you want to go hang on and wick it. I had two '83 430wr. I just got another.