Davek, I had what appears to be the same issue when I first bought my Honda. First time on the ice it would start, bog down and die, start it again it would stall and die. Went home frustrated that afternoon looking for answers. I found it on another thread, someone contacted Strikemaster and they told him that they tuned down the idle screws to make sure there were no incidents on initial start up. I adjusted my idle screw to higher rpms and haven't had any issues since. Try adjusting your idle screw to see if it makes a difference, it's located under the air input and near the primer bulb.