looks lovely , I am currently doing the same type of thing to the same bike. I am changing the forks and doing this to get rid of the airbox.
http://nighthawk-forums.com/index.php/topic,1301.0.html
They rae very good bikes, well worth it as it looks very good. Not the favorite for CafeRacer or Brat style conversion that's why they are still so cheap.