Electrical Troubles as you may have guessed and I was a full 2Hr away from home
I had fired up the bike for my return and it ran perfect until I slipped it in gear and released the clutch only to have the engine die immediately. Further investigation revealed a small switch located just under the clutch lever, I pulled the plug on this interlock and was off and running.
I should have let the bike run but stopped again 1Hr away from home as I did not want to try to complete the run on the fuel reserve. The bike started right up but then would die upon putting it in gear with the clutch in of course. Hmmm, I plugged the interlock back in and started the bike but it was back to the engine dying after putting it in gear and trying to release the clutch
More investigation, and long story short, was that yet another interlock that was connected to the side stand had a sticky plunger due to a buildup of oxidation. I think that both of these interlocks work together but am also thinking that on the inital problem, the vibration from the running engine caused that sticky plunger to free up enough to enable the clutch interlock to work?
Fringe benifits: I was able to talk a 20 some yr old blue eyed blonde on a true 10 scale to sit astride the bike and hold it centered while I knelled very near by working on the side stand Interlock as the side stand needed to be in the up position of course. She did see that I was having trouble as she had seen me before fueling and upon her return from the building after paying and picking up one of dem bottled waters. She was very ummm helpful if not somewhat distracting on getting the bike running as I was looking for some way to shore the bike up.
Point of Post: Things can look mighty bleak if you are out and broken down. Even if you have friends along you hate to leave your bike just sitting someplace but with a little thought, and your "on board" tool kit, you can prevail in a lot of the cases. I was happy to have those cheap pliers n screwdriver on hand which were a life saver.
