Don't beat yourself up over it. You would almost have to have the board ready to go in one hand, while starting the engine with the other. The good thing is that you were not hurt by any parts grenading out of the engine, which is a real possibility.
Which leads us to an exploded
view of the IP, to show the parts I was talking about in my earlier post:
http://postimage.org/image/rmdi5o9w/
What I referred to as fuel collar they call Control sleeve
The fulcrum lever they call Governor lever
Shaft they call plunger.