Any good tent will provide equal or greater protection than your average tent-with-tarp combination. A bad tent will not, no matter what it's combined with. What's more, tarps tend to fly away in breezes, sometimes towing whatever you thought you'd secured them to. Maybe I'm prejudiced since I own good tents for other reasons, and don't need to buy more for motorcycling; maybe I'm further prejudiced by my recent witnessing of various tents collapsing, tearing, blowing away and/or suffering broken poles in the Patagonian winds......but on a once-in-a-lifetime trip I'd rather spend a bit extra and have my gear perform as intended.
Some are more easily satisfied than I, however.
Mark
PS: FWIW, if you buy an extra large bike cover, you can camp out under it along with the bike. You need a bike cover anyway, for security reasons at least. It's worth a thought.
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