Update:
Put the bike back together, new temperature sensor, new HES sensor, changed oil and coolant as well.
Put the new spark plugs I put on brand new just a few weeks ago and the bike fired up, smoked a lot and continued to run. Turned off the bike and the bike won't start again...
Had an extra set of spark plugs, changed all 3, bike fires up and runs super well.
I have no idea what happened but is it possible that the brand new spark plugs that were just replaced about 3 weeks ago got fouled due to water gas mixture and was causing the same poor running/starting issues?
It's strange that I did see sparks on all three when testing them for spark...