This might help someone in the future.
I put the new battery on charge yesterday afternoon. The last time I checked it last night, had been 6 hrs, and it still was not fully charged.
Note: The other two batteries(a different brand) only took 1 1/2 hrs to charge. One lasted 6 mnth and the other, 4 days.
I put the new battery in this morning and unplugged the connector going to the voltage regulator, and got more than 100 volts at each leg, at 5000 rpm`s. I believe this means that the alternator is good, which I was thinking was bad. I will ride to work for the next 3 days and will give everyone an update.