I got shafted.

Hey guys. It's been a long time since I chimed in. Just wanted to let you all know you have been my bread and butter for source and knowledge. So thank you for all the help.:thumbup

I finally found a yamaha dealer here that ordered the starter relay for me. I popped it in and the old baby fired up with no problems. I drove it that morning to the inspection and turned her off to wait my turn. The inspector flagged me over when it was my turn and she fired up again. I rode up the the inspector and she wouldn't shut off. I tried the kill switch and nothing. The battery was taking a beating as it just tried to cylce through the whole starting process. So I turned the key back on and just let it run. I assume I got a bad (new) relay. I barely made it home since it chewed on my battery pretty good. Any ideas other than it possibly being a screwed (new:dowhat) relay. The part number is 4KD-81940-00-00. And on the yellow sticker on the actual relay it reads the following: Relay - MS5D-611 -12V.

The positive side to all this is the guy passed me anyway and I put the old relay in and she still runs great.

Bloody hell mate, thats enough to drive yer frikken half insane...thank christ they passed your inspection for ya. How embarrassment
Still on my original stocker noid, so sorry bud can't shed any light other than it sounds like contacts welded in the little sucker.:dunno