Thanks everyone for all your helpful input on the subject. Tuesday night i struggled through 2hrs of traffic to get to Libby's Motorworld,
http://libbysmotoworld.com/directions.htm, the only store in the tri-state area that had the regulator/rectifier in stock. All other shops were going to charge me 100+ in next day shipping. Ron couldn't even guarantee that i'd get it in time through him.
Last night I remove my tank and had a hell of a time disconnecting the regulator/rectifier, upon closer examination one of the prongs on the cable connection looks to have burnt out and MELTED the plastic thus fusing the two parts together. How something like that happens I've no clue. Why I didn't have the foresight to try disconnecting the regulator/rectifier BEFORE going to buy the new part I have no good excuse. i'd like to take comfort in rationalizing that the oversight was inevitable, as I was so pressed for time but in all honesty, it was just plain stupid of me.
so there i was last night, sitting on the cold floor of the garage, the buzzing of flourescent lights above me, hating myself and despising even more the shady russian that sold me this troublesome bike. I soon recounted all the good times had on this, my almost first bike. Images of Pocono East, VIR, country roads and girls in bikinis streamed past my mind's eye and I began apologizing to the R6 for calling her "troublesome".
I don't believe anyone would have this cable in stock, although i will be calling to check today, so as a quick fix i thought i could fashion some rudimentary way of connecting the new regulator/rectifier to the power source. considering that one prong was burnt to hell, covered in melted plastic and any exposed wiring corroded like crazy, i was thinking of how to make it all work. i plan a quick trip to the hardware store today to find the wiring parts i need. i'll keep you posted on my misadventures.