I must admit I liked Ewan and Charlies programmes and I have the books...I even have the t-shirt...honestly. But anyone can do what they did if they can ride a bike. Hotels, handlers what a doss.
I have friends riding up from OZ on a BMW 1200GS, 2 up all the way to Oslo and doing it all off their own back. They are in Thailand now.
You do not need a Bmw 1200 to tour. I have a Yamaha FZ6, 600cc, 98HP. Hard panniers and top box, passenger peg extentions GPS. I have been all over Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Germany and France all 2 up with camping gear without any problems.
I have no interest in getting a bigger bike because the FZ6 is fast if I want it to be, light to manoevre. I can ride on roads or tracks and it it cheap to run and maintain.
Make sure you get the bike you need, rather than the one you want.
Steve
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