Omar

Good news guys, I went to the Yamaha dealer and bought an overpriced battery from them. Stuck it in the bike and its running with no issues at all! Looks like the previous battery that the dealer claimed was "New" had a bad cell or perhaps the wrong battery. Thank you all for all your input and insights!

Thank you all very much for all the solid advise. Ill start with the battery, terminals, connections, volts, etc. and report back. Thanks again!

I just bought a 2019 Yamaha tracer 900 with 780 miles on it at an online "AS IS" auction. I went to pick it up and had to jump the bike to start it. As soon as I took the jump cables off the bike, it died within 3 seconds. Had to jump it to start it again and same story, as soon as I take cables off it dies. The guy from the auction said that the battery was new and they had bought it 2 weeks ago and it looked new. While bike was running and I revved it, I noticed the headlight flickering which seemed odd. That tells me that there may be an electrical, generator, power distribution problem. Is it possible that the stator is bad? Seems very odd on a 3 year old bike with such low miles to have a stator go bad right? I hate to order a stator replace it and not fix the problem. Any things I can check to pinpoint the problem? There is not a Yamaha dealer close to me. Any insight guys? Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!