Purchase Lion prior to new SSD installation?

I am currently running Snow Leopard on my 2011 iMac from a 120Gb SSD. I will be replacing the 120Gb SSD with a 240Gb SSD this weekend, and I believe it might be a good time to upgrade to OS X Lion. I would prefer a clean install of Lion on the new SSD, and intend to do this through the Internet Recovery feature, but I have some concerns.
1. When should I purchase Lion? Can I purchase it during the Internet Recovery proceedure, or do I need to purchase it before hand?
2. When I performed a clean Snow Leopard install on the original SSD, I deliberately abandoned the additional printer drivers and language packs to conserve space. Will I have this option with the Internet installation of Lion?
3. Is it possible to burn a recovery disc of Lion once it's up and running?
4. Can I restore my Snow Leopard Time Machine backup to Lion?
Thanks in advance! -Jason

1. When should I purchase Lion? Can I purchase it during the Internet Recovery proceedure, or do I need to purchase it before hand?
Internet recovery is not available until Lion is installed on a machine. You can
purchase Lion and then download it but do not start the installer. Follow the
instructions here:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20080989-263/how-to-create-an-os-x-lion-ins tallation-disc/
You can then use this disk/USB stick to do the Lion install.
2. When I performed a clean Snow Leopard install on the original SSD, I deliberately abandoned the additional printer drivers and language packs to conserve space. Will I have this option with the Internet installation of Lion?
There no longer is any custom install option available for Lion as there was
in Snow Leopard .
3. Is it possible to burn a recovery disc of Lion once it's up and running?
Use Recovery assistant, which can be downloaded here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1433
4. Can I restore my Snow Leopard Time Machine backup to Lion?
Not sure of this one as I never use Time Machine. You could get
an external SATA->USB adapter and connect the old drive and use Migration
Assistant, as you will probably need to start a new Time Machine backup
for the Lion install.

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