If you want the bike 2cm lower and you are going to do the custom shock anyway, you can get one made up with a shorter shaft, Wilbers are pretty good. As I mentioned the only problem with lowering it is ground clearance, when you start to push the heavy DR harder on rough tracks you will probably start to bottom it out, so make sure you have a good bash plate.
Im not a big fan of progressive rate springs, I find it better to have a more linear consistent travel without the 'feel' changing at the last part of the compression, but give them a try, some people love them. You can probably find a valve system to drop into your fork (Race Tech Gold Valve Emulator) which will help a lot on rough tracks combined with a stiffer spring and lighter oil, you can then tune the forks to a certain degree with adjustments to the valve spring, oil level and preload.
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