The Fear of Failure (First time restoration woes)

[Suzukian]

With flat bars, you can achieve a very Cafe looking bike. Changing those shock to Koni Aluminum body shocks, or the equivalent thereof, will add so much handling prowess to the bike, it's immediately noticeable. A strong fork brace will make your front end very solid. Nice thing about Suzuki's is that if the offset on the fork triple trees match, you can graft a more modern front end to your bike, most will take it straight on swap, some require a little Lathe work to make some spacers. You have a lot of potential to make the bike you want, and make it the way that handles best.