All my trips were on road going airhead BMWs, they are pretty good at dealing with the sort of bad road conditions when travelling, a lot of the HPN Touratech stuff is good for posing down the pub, but may not be really needed on the road. No bike with all the crap you need on a long trip is going to be fun on deep sand or mud, so don't get too sucked into the paris dakar dream world.....you won't have back up.
My suggestion is to have a tank range of 200 miles, to have the most robust luggae kit possible and the most Robust susupension components, if the rear shocks are steel then they can be welded!
The less flash your bike looks, then the less likely it will be nicked, people won't treat you as a rich git and any bribes you have to pay to the police will be less.
Charles
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