Lower bike

[jtopiso_imp]

If you do go with shorter rear shocks you might want to lower the front end as well to stay close to the same rake & trail. On some bikes you can loosen the pinch bolts in the triple trees and raise the fork tubes in them up to maybe a 3/4 to one inch or so. That would lower the front by that much without disassembling forks to install shorter springs inside them.

I'd go for the lower seat (in fact I may do soon). I woudn't alter geometries, nor ride height (ground clearance, rake, antisquat, etc will/can change).