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Originally Posted by Captain Velveeta

The absolute craziest thing happened. I have a '22 X-Pro Templar 250 and I went out to adjust the handle bars. I loosened the hex bolts, pushed the bars forward a couple of inches, centered the bars and tightened the hex bolts back down. Here's the crazy part. NOW I can start the bike by just pulling in the front brake. I shit you not. I have no explanation whatsoever as to why or how this changed but now, I turn the key on and just pull in the front brake and it works just like a starter. I don't have to pull the clutch or anything. I just make sure it's in neutral. I was actually going to research the wiring after adjusting the handlebars to see how to disable the "hold the front brake while starting" issue. It's been about a week now and I kept waiting for it to go back to normal but it has remained the same. During operation the front brake works like it should. I'm not gonna research it anymore cuz I don't wanna look a gift hoarse in the mouth if you know what I mean.

CHECK to make sure that your STARTER button isn't stuck IN. Wiggle it out. Make sure it isn't stuck ON while riding. It will drain the battery and destroy your starter. It happened with my 6 speed. The starter button can get sidewys, stuck.

That explains it.