Well, my little error with the bike key  has now been resolved for the tidy sum of $111. I would have felt just a little more comfortable with the prognosis of the battery being kaput if the store that provided the free overnight charge didn't actually sell motorcycle batteries. I had to rig the connection just a little, but I don't think it will give any problems. I was a little dismayed to find the battery came with an adapter to change the height. I thought I bought one that fit my bike! Well, technically it did, except that the negative post was turned in a perpendicular position to the cable attachment. Hell, I'm getting so old and decrepit I probably won't be riding for more than a few more years anyway. I have considered trading my bike in for a newer smaller one, how many more years am I going to be going camping and sleeping on the ground anyway?