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Hi Don,
there's bound to be a 16" cast front wheel that'll near enough match the looks of a stock 16" cast rear wheel.
OTOH, the swap will drop the bike's front end by 1-1/2" which will give the bike a somewhat twitchier ride.
Radian? swapping in the whole front end might be easiest.
PS Radian is 16" front AND rear.... so a matched pair is easy. Not sure about a tiny XS sprocket on the rear though, that's often a problem with swaps.
Mebby a little longer, not much. Bonus a radian arm and the GS500 share the same axle size.
Those shocks, from a CB900F, won't work easily without some changes cuz they have the clevis type lower mount.