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I just couldn't find the starter relay, is that the como se llama mounted directly in front of the turn signal flasher (right in front of my face)??



Yep, that's it.


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All the fuses check out, I jumpered across the solenoid posts with a screwdriver, and even with the key off, the starter cranks.




At least you know the really expensive bits are ok. Have you checked the small "actuator" terminal on the solenoid to see if it's getting juice when you hit the button? If it is, the solenoid's faulty.

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the alarm connector, at a glance, seems to be functioning normally, it has a blank plug cover with 4 wire ports jumpered to each other. When the key is on and the plug cover is on, the idiot lights and headlight are on, when I pull the cover, everything shuts off, so I assume it's doing what it's supposed to do.



Never assume. One of those wires controls the juice to the ignition, the other controls juice to the starter circuit. Again, pull the alarm plug and test the connector to see if power's arriving there when you hit the button. Does the kill switch have power on the other side when it's turned on? If not it's a dodgy switch. I don't think you can do the same test on the stand switch as (from memory) when it's on one side's tied to earth so it'll always read 0 volts on that terminal. You'd need to do a continuity test across that switch to test it.

Basically go through the ignition circuit with your meter and make sure that when you hit start you have voltage on both sides of every device that's in line... when you find the one that doesn't have it you've found your problem.

Matt Electronic mods for TBA/SM!