DeCosse: Thanks a milion. Your diagnostic was dead on. My bike is now running like the great bike it is.
I appreciate everybody's help and I thank you all. You guys make owning an R3 a very enjoyable experience.
Ride safe!
Weird. We reconnected the loose battery connection to ground and tried starting it by the key, off three different jumper batteries and by compression and nothing, nada, zippo. Then we disconnected and reconnected both battery leads and she turned right over. I don't get it!?
mouka, I'm glad that your issue was easily and quickly resolved.