@Fireblah....
30K...holy Effin crap. The Yuasa sells for about 135 $ here in the US. 30K is almost 6 times the cost. Honda is screwing its premium customers.

Uncool.
the battery on my R6 died with about 16 months of regular use. And for about a week, i would push start it just like the way Tenhut mentioned.
@Tenhut ..... hey man, whats the reason behind not doing the push start with changing into 1st gear? Could you throw some light on that ?
It worked fine for me.