My wife agreed she will have to get into the dirt sooner or later. She is the kind of gal that picks things up quickly, we used to mountain bike alot and she got pretty good and agresive, enjoying what I would call black diamond material. That has been a few yeas ago, we havent ridden much since our first was born 4 years ago.
I would like to ger her somthing she could build her confidence on without being not enough bike. The problem is she is short, only 5'1" and not all legs. I would think a KDX would be a great bike for her, but without mods the seat height is out of the question.
I would prefer to buy used, and I suppose doing some kind of mods to lower is not out of the question, cut seat, lowering links, raise forks. I am not sure what kind of total seat height reduction is possible without upsetting the balance of the handleing.