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Join Date: Feb 2022
Location: Nevada, USA
Posts: 92
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Thank you for that howto on disabling the brake requirement. Finally did that on mine yesterday! My start switch had been replaced with an identical one but has different wire colors, so for me it was yellow-red that needed to be cut and connected to the brake switch.
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Join Date: Nov 2023
Location: Central Arizona
Posts: 56
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Before I left for vacation back in June, I had parked the bike in the shop for some maintenance when I returned. The turn signal switch was giving me grief, and the head bearings had the slightest amount of slop in them, so I decided to tear it all down for inspection. The bearings were ok thankfully, and just needed a tad more preload. I greased the living piss out of the bearings, since there was very little grease on them, and filled the head cavity with grease while reassembling.
![]() ![]() While it was apart...I had a crazy idea. We all know the stock headlight sucks, and I had installed some led spots on either side of the forks, but decided to go a step further... ![]() So I built a headframe to hang everything off of. This eliminated the stock headlight pod, and gave me a better location to hang the gauge and switch so I could see them better. The top LED is the Low beam, and on high beam...BOTH lights come on. This is the Tusk Mini handlebar switch to replace my crunchy feeling stock turn signal switch. It feels 100% better than the original. ![]() The wire colors were almost exactly the same after testing them all! I used solder heat shrink connections and attached to the original plug. ![]() Fabricated a new windscreen and heat formed it over a big piece of pipe. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rode the bike to work a couple of times last week...and I love the changes. It's not dark enough to really test the headlights, but I think they will be a great improvement over the stock configuration. ![]() |
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#49 |
Join Date: Jun 2023
Location: Big Piney, WY
Posts: 532
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Very nicely done! I'm saving up for my Templar...
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#50 |
Join Date: Nov 2023
Location: Central Arizona
Posts: 56
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Thanks! I'm having a lot of fun with mine, so I bet you will too. ![]() |
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#51 |
Join Date: Aug 2024
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Great info on the "no brake" start mod. I was thinking it over....it is a real important mod if you trail ride. We all think no big deal if the battery dies, just roll start it. Think about that...If you need the brakes on to get power to the ignition how are you going to roll start your bike?
I know XPRO does this for safety reasons and don't disagree with that, however, getting stuck in the woods or desert 20 miles from a road is also a safety issue. All depends on where you ride. I'm going to do the mod. |
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Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: Kansas City
Posts: 2,558
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The brake-start lockout affects the starter only. You can roll start without brake pull. You can test this on a convenient hill so you don't have to work hard, but believe it!!! The bike runs when the key is turned on. The starter has a safety circuit. Two separate things.
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Join Date: Nov 2023
Location: Central Arizona
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Join Date: Feb 2023
Location: Upstate SC
Posts: 320
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I found the brake/start thing a bit annoying from the get go. For a while bypassing that was on my to-do list. But about three times now when I went to go start the bike the starter button was hung. This meant with the key on as soon as I touched the brake it started cranking. If it wasn't my habit to (usually) crank up in neutral AND holding the clutch in, that could be a problem. As is it's just startling. I kind of only want it to crank when I hold the button in. Curiously it doesn't make the starter run with the bike on so no harm being done there. So holding off on modding anything until I can figure out why the button randomly sticks.
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#55 |
Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: Kansas City
Posts: 2,558
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Starter button stuck?
I discovered that the starter button will get stuck of the screws holding it on the handlebars are too tight.
Loosen them a bit, starter button won't hang
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Join Date: Feb 2023
Location: Upstate SC
Posts: 320
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Too tight? Would not have thought that, will give it a shot.
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Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: Kansas City
Posts: 2,558
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Yup. I made the discovery while we were putting my son's X together this Spring. The button was working fine until we adjusted it stuff on the handlebars and reinstalled it. The button got hard to push and stuck badly. Loosening the screws was a long shot. But it worked. The screws haven't fallen out, maybe some blue loctite wouldn't hurt.
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Join Date: Feb 2024
Location: SW Missouri
Posts: 175
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Found the same on my Templar, if the screw closest to the switch is too tight then the switch will hang up. Backed it off about 1/8-1/4 turn and it's been fine ever since
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