We took a heavily loaded Sportster through CA and SA with 2 aboard. It was much too big. To me light weight is the key. Lots of people take bmw Dakars. I personally think that is overkill. I would look for a midsize Jap bike maybe with shaft drive. A lot of it depends on your size. I am 5'7" and therefore did not like the KLR 650 I once had. I like both feet on the ground. With two up you will never do serious off road so a mid size can be made tall enough with good shocks. A GW sure would be expensive to crate and ship. However, someone did drive one 500,000 miles around the world.
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