UPDATE:
Just took it for a spin around the block. Engine had 1 bar on the hot-o-meter (AKA the area around the C was dark). I did a very hard start on it, harder than I ever do... Backed it out of my driveway, started the engine, waited 3 seconds, and started off. (Normally the shortest I let it warm up is starting the engine and sit on the bike while I'm punching GPS data in and logging my start mileage for the day)
Initially it was hesitant, but it was an appropriate amount of hesitation for a cold engine. Not NEARLY the amount that it would choke up before. Nothing more than I would expect, nothing more than I have experienced on other EFI or Carb'd bikes. I just feathered the clutch, and it kept right on running, where it definitely would have died before, Even on an uphill start about 10 seconds into riding with a still cold engine)
After taking the long way through my neighborhood around the block, I hit a curvy area a little harder (for a neighborhood) and the throttle was buttery smooth, through curves that the engine would normally choke up at even hot. Only "Hesitation" in power was the shaft-drive catching up (similar to a chain picking up the slack, but obv. more-so with the shaft drive)
I am fully confident that this has solved the problem, and will be cancelling my appt at the dealership in a few days (to make sure this actually fixes it)
Thanks SOP! I guess you are a Motorcycle god!