Great bike-have had it for three years. Allways starts in the wintertime as long as there is some voltage in the battery. Riding position is not the best especially not for the right foot-but so what!It´s not fast but travelling speed at 80km/h with two kids in the sidecar and the woman on the rear seat and a small trailer behind with the camping equipment is ok. New K-68 (same as Keihin but russian made)carburetors answers better to throttle than the old K-301:s. If riding solo without the sidecar it is better to gear it up with milicia (+19%) or KGB/Mafia (+30-40%) gear wheels. Front brake is not as bad as it firts appears to be, -if the russian wire-cover is changed to a western one.