Thanks for the report, insydney. Please check that the choke is closing completely, take a look at the spark plug, and inspect the state of the engine oil. Note that the oil should stay clean for years (Honda says change it every 100 hours' use) on that engine, unless the piston rings are worn, but it seems that chonda users are even worse than Briggs users for failing to change it when it's dirty. It does not have an oil filter, and the engine will wear rapidly and severely running with dirty oil.
