FE/FC 2017 FE501 - desmog

First time posting on this side, just sold my 2015 TE300 and put a deposit on a 2017 FE501. I'm working up in Alaska for the year so I decided to retain my sanity I need a bike up there. Gonna do some buggy, boggy, muddy dual sporting!

Anyhow, since I'm living out of a condo without a garage or most of my normal tools, what are the minimum changes recommended to get the most out of this bike off the showroom floor minus fancy tuning kits (JD, etc...). What hoses need to be plugged, can the stock exhaust be easily modded or am I looking at an FMF or Akropovic at the minimum, and is there anything else recommended? I've ridden "desmogged" 500's before, but never had one new, and this will be my first 4t. I'm sure there's info on other sites but I pretty much just browse here and haven't seen much so figured I'd start a thread.