OK, just to clear up a few lose ends, the tech that came bye, did it as a personal favor to try and help me understand the issue, when spoke with him I did not know if the motor was turning or not, I determined that only about 10 minutes before he arrived. He did not have tools , it was not a service call, just a helpful visit. He did suggest the may have been weak early in the day and that after being on he tender all day it now had enough omfh to start the bike.
The battery was load tested the next day and was found to be defective by the tester at the local auto parts store. I did reinstall the battery and everything was fine, ran the bike maybe 50 or 60 miles with a few stops here and there, no problems.
The battery is 3+ years old, so out of an abundance of caution I ordered a new battery, it has arrive but I on the road so it has not been charged or installed yet.
I did try rocking it in gear, no luck.
Yes back around post 22 or 23 I did determine that the starter was engaging enough to turn the motor over, what I have not seen stated in any of the posts, is if the oil is causing the starter clutch problem, does the clutch not engage or does it slip and not turn the motor fast enough to fire it off.
Yes I know the factory guidelines are 8,000 miles between oil changes, I personally think that is way to far for conventional oil, so again out of an abundance of caution, I will target 3K to 4K intervals on oil changes.
Because there is history of the starter clutch being affected by synthetic oil, I decided to switch back to DINO oil, again out of an abundance of caution.
I did check the fuel pump circuit for power, it was good, granted I did unplug and plug in the fuel pump relay before I tested for voltage, maybe it was stuck and I unstick it by unplugging and plugging it in, we will never know, unless the issue returns.
I was working through a trouble shooting plan of fuel pump power (yes/no), is yes then fuel pump flow (yes/no) , if yes then spark check (yes/no) , if yes, not sure , but the service manager showed up and the bike stated before I worked through all the steps.
My hope is the problem was caused by the battery being low and the new battery will fix the problem, if it happens again, I have lots of good troubleshooting ideas.
Again I would like to thank everyone that contributed and offered suggestions, I now know a lot more about my bike than I did a few days ago, and that is a good thing.
I will post any updates should the issue reappear.
