Weekend update: bought an AGM Duracell battery (sick of dealing with flooded batteries), changed the oil, dropped some oil in the spark plugs holes, tested compression off the kick start just to see where we're at, mounted my wiring harness, plugged her in, pushed the starter button and got her to chooch! Not ready to do the full startup yet, I think I crossed some wires as my coils continue to get juice even when I switch the kill switch to 'off'!
As for compression: I tested it with no fuel in the carbs, throttle closed (don't have the throttle cables hooked up and didn't think to open the slides), pods on, kicked 5 times over with the kick starter. Attached are my readings. ~120psi on each cylinder. Probably going to retest with WOT and the push button start next weekend.
All in all, I think she'll be running by the end of the month. The weather is getting nice, and my friends are all riding without me. I got the bug, guys.