On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:12:46 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

My experience with Briggs and Stratton small gas engines is that you either
get a good one that runs forever or a bad one that never starts again after
the first season. The Honda engines seem to be better, but maybe I have
just been lucky.

Honda engines are absolutely first class. I have one on a generator
and another on a pressure washer, both great engines. I bought the
Honda generator during a multi-day power outage back in the northeast,
after first getting a B & S which would not start at all. The Honda
ran continuously for over a week after hurricane Charlie, supplying
both our house and a neighbor.