If it starts hard with kick start, it will start hard with electric start. Clean carb, easy to do, no new gaskets needed. Make sure you use correct size screwdriver when removing jets, blow them and carb passages out with carb clean and then air. Make sure you put rubber plug, back in correct hole over top jet. You can pull carb off with enrich cable attached, just take off nut by dash. This way you can adjust it, by lightly clamping in vice and looking into hole with flashlight, make sure plunger goes up and down (closed). If enrich cable is no good, put a manual primer on carb, it will start a whole lot easier. I have done this to mine. Let me know, I can give you more info on jet and location to tap into carb.