honest opinions: lowering a CB1100

[misterprofessionality]

This is most definitely not for my bike, i find the CB1100 to be a perfect height. However, my wife has expressed interest in getting a CB of her own once she's ready to upgrade. The thing is, her feet literally swing free when she tries to sit on mine. she's 5'2". the initial conclusion is that the bike just isn't for her, but there's a lot of talk (positive and negative) about lowering bikes, and whether it's a good or a bad idea. after all i've read, i tend to think it's a seriously bad idea, but i could be convinced otherwise by anybody more knowledgeable than i.

The goal: if she's ever going to have a snowball's chance at riding a CB1100, the seat cannot be higher than 29" even. that'd have her up on her toes. The stock seat is 31.5", so that's a healthy 2.5" of lowering that needs to take place. sounds like an AWFUL lot.

What i understand to be the detriments of lowering: poor handling. poor ground clearance. poor suspension. all of these combined have the potential to completely ruin a bike.

What i expect will have to be done: The seat will have to be swapped out for one that's MUCH thinner. i think you could get at least 1" out of the seat, maybe more. next, the front and rear suspensions would have to be lowered about 1.5", maybe less if i can get more out of the seat. this means sliding up the forks ( i guess?) and replacing the rear shocks with shorter ones. finally, replacing the muffler with something more up-swung, and replacing the rearsets with something a little more high and tight so that the pegs dont sacrifice so much ground clearance.

so, give me all your expert opinions, is this even a good idea? If not, I want to be able to tell her in an informed way that it's never going to happen. conversely, if a CB1100 with a 29" seat height can be achieved without ruining the bike, I want to hear all about it. i'd love to be able to tell her she can do it.