Congrats on your FXR3. I love my Blue 3! I am too looking at going to better shocks. Look into JRI shocks, a great performing shock for the money. The stock 12" are Fox and actually decent shocks. Not saying they're the best, but better than others during the time of their production. Make sure you save all your stock parts. As far as the front end is concerned, putting Race Tech Emulators, and a Fork brace is about all you can do with a stock 39mm front end. If you want better than that, you will need to drop some serious dough. The 80" Evo can be a fun powerplant if set up right. If you are taking off the chrome pieces, be sure to save them as the majority of them are now obsolete. Have you owned a FXR before? Once again, congrats and welcome to the family.
Tom