Hey Dennis~
Yes... did consider a beefier sway.... stock does look puny. But after reading up on stabilizers, sounded like you could easily overdo it and actually lift the inside tire enough to lose grip in a tight corner under speed. And since I'm planning to cruise "straight and easy" anyway, figured I'd just clean up and paint the original! Maybe at some point I might change it for a little stiffer twister.
The only real goal of the shock and spring change was because the orig's were understandably shot. I just wanted to be able to have adjustability and get away with doing this once! So far the result looks great. It's a whole lot stiffer (I haven't had it out yet so haven't played with the shock compression and rebound-- just set that at the manu's recommendation) and still plan to drop the nose about an 1" to get a lower stance.
You're pic above is way beyond my skill level, btw...very nice work!