You will get many opinions. Jay insisted goldfren would be good but on my roadbike I found them dead. I put Brembo pads in and night and day. A mate on other end of spectrum used them on his enormous 1400 Suzuki and hated them, fit EBC HH. Wont shut up about it. . Both of us chucked them less than 1/3 worn.
But indeed a full service is required on an old bike. There will be YouTube video on how to strip calipers. They are simple if you are clear thinking and prepared to buy replacement parts rather than reuse dogey.
Calipers are lowest point so water scunge sinks so you must pump the piston out and clean behind. Also pluck out the seals. The grooves they live in will need careful cleaning. I use a blunt dental tool and softish brass brush dremel rotary bit. The chalky stuff must go and often the ally is not coated. Chromated finish is a dream of cleanliness but largely only nissin '00s onward.
Main seals inspect with magnifying glass. Often they are fine but outer dust seals aren't. Replace anything slightly worn.
Replacing brake parts with non std will legally require an LVV cert so if you think it looks different from std you could end up not getting a wof.
I've seen some dangerous chinese master cylinder out there, but I've seen a couple of decent oem looking ones. Tread carefully.
Old brakelines should be replaced, but theres a story in itself.
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