Edit: I just saw the official warning about discussing governor removal. So before you read the rest of this please know that governor removal/modification voids the engines warranty, and can cause serious damage to your engine, and may cause injuries to yourself or others. Therefore governor modification or removal is not recommended. For example, If you disconnect the governor from the carb, you run the risk of the internal governor "arm" crashing into the crankshaft and splitting the block of the engine open. I know this because I disconnected my governor when I threw away the stock carb and installed a mikuni carb. The internal lever inside the engine was just a little too close to the crankshaft and the crank blew the governor arm out the top of the engine. I did not watch the video on youtube for the proper way to completely remove the governor from the engine since I did not going to keep it connected to the stock carb. Also, if you connect the throttle cable directly to the throttle vane on the stock carb, the rpms will increase well over the 3600 RPMs that engine does coming out of the box. These increased RPMS will eventually chew up the small nylon governor gear inside the engine and cause it to let loose the metal parts that sit on top of the governor gear, also screwing up your engine. Trust me. If you arent using the governor as it comes out of the box, if the governor gear is still inside the engine, eventually you will be telling us that it ruined your engine from the inside out. Stock carb and no governor can make for hard starting, to answer your question.