Really hope you get your bike sorted quickly (and cheaply!).
Did the yellow 'check engine light' come on with this problem and are there any error messages on the dash? I had a similar problem with my 1100 Evo. I would press the starter button and just get a 'click-click-click' while the button was depressed. It was doubly puzzling because the CEL wasn't lit.
It turned out that the injector relay (15 on this diagram)...
which lives on the battery box (no. 6)...
had worked itself out of its connector. It was still making contact but the connection broke down when I tried to start it. All it took was a firm press to reseat the relay and a cable tie to stop it happening again.
Worth checking, if it hasn't already been done.
Good luck!