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It is a new battery but who knows how long it just sat on a shelf. He is trickle charging it and will retest tomorrow. Unfortunately my dad is not the most technical person so taking voltages by himself is probably a no-go. Hopefully the charge does the trick but if not I will see if I can get...

Could be. But why the jumper wires work? I feel like even with those wires, a faulty relay would not work. But I could be wrong. It’s something for us to look at. He has it on a trickle charger now, will test again tomorrow.

Rex Good question. They hooked it up to their rest machine so I assume load test but I am not sure to be honest.

The battery was tested at local Yamaha dealer and tested good. I will have him check the cabling and see if he has a trickle charger.

We have a 2006 FJR that my father just picked up. Brand new battery on it. Battery reads 13.3 volts. When he attempts to crank it, it just clicks. He ran two small wires from his car over to the post of the FJR battery (not jumper cables, just 2 smaller gauge wires) and it cranked right up. The...