Factive, you can't post on the internet and expect to not get opinions and input. You are entitled to do what you wish to your bike under most state's legislation, I believe. That doesn't mean it's sensible. And it doesn't mean that your insurance will cover it and in most states if you modify a bike and do not inform the agent or carrier, you may find the policy is void and that's illegal to ride then. Just sayin'.
If the only answers you want are YES, then why ask? I'm not being mean, it's the way that forums work.
And while I'm on a roll, or a role if you prefer, when people talk about hurting performance or handling, they do not necessarily mean for you to infer that they think that you will be canyon carving. What they mean is that a tire that is too fat for a particular rim will be pinched and instead of looking phat and mean, will be tall and unstable at almost any speed.
If someone thought that you want to go really fast on an old bike, we would be having a different conversation altogether.