Yes the bike can do it.
I traveled two up with 420+lbs of humans(its a guess as I am 240lbs and mrs wont tell me her weight ha ha!) + lots of luggage for 40k kms in South America and it wasn't a PanAm tour. Lots and lots of rough roads.
Make sure you do get the correct springs and raise the bike with QUALITY dog bone links. Invest in a good rear shock! (a Must!)
I would recommend you add welded gussets to your racks and also replace all of the rack and subframe bolts for 8.8 or 10.8 grade bolts and carry a few spares in case they break.
Yes ground clearance sucks but you can go pretty much anywhere with this bike if you don't mind slowing down in rough roads. Invest in a really good skid plate.
Check my Facebook timeline (look from October 2017 to October 2018) for some examples of where the bike can go.
https://www.facebook.com/jf.turcotte.7?ref=bookmarks
Cheers!
JF
Last edited by jfman; 26 Nov 2018 at 21:33.
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