Well Boys, she fired right up. I've had my FXR2 apart for the past month while I gave her the once-over. I did the following to her:

New braided clutch cable and updated the ramps
Changed the fork oil
Changed the front brake fluid
New braided throttle cables
Rejetted the carb
New rubber fittings in the intake
Ness Big Sucker intake
Installed EV-13 cam with HD EZ-fit pushrods
New cam bearing and replaced the breather "while I was in there"
Cleaned and polished everything I could get to while she was apart

Once I buttoned her up I cranked her over and she fired up immediately, even in a 45 degree garage. I only let her idle for a minute or two, but she sounded good. I pressed on the original cam gear and their is ZERO noise form the cam chest. All in all a very easy job and very fulfilling to know I did it myself. I spent around $500-$600 for the parts and I'm sure I saved at least $500 in labor had I had my local indy do the work. We just got two more inches of fresh snow last night, so no test rides for a few more days. More time to detail it and make her look good for her inaugural run.

 

Sounds good to hear a build without a hitch.

 

Next time only buy one part at a time so you can run back and forth to the dealer alot. Rush thru the job and maybe forget to put the cam back in. Try to use the old damaged parts and gaskets again. You finished the job too soon, there's your problem there's still more winter left. Now take the trans apart and count the gears. With any luck it will be clear and 60 by the weekend. Don't it feel good when it's all done, and fires up on the first try.,,

 

Cahuna,
While I did have all my parts on hand before I started, I won't say the project went off without a single hitch. I had just gotten the can chest all buttoned up when I looked in the bin I had put all the parts in and saw this white nylon washer sitting there. Yep, the one that goes on top the breather. Fortunately I hadn't installed the pushrods yet, so off with the cover and in with the breather shim. I'm just damn glad that was the only screw-up I made.

And don't worry about there being more winter left. I have a Sportster sitting out there with a carb that just ain't running right. I'll dig into that this weekend.