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The reality is that even though a lot of these big bikes look like they are capable off roaders, and some of them are, the majority of them never see off road and are used as gutsy macho statements. A high percentage of people who buy them want all the comforts and bells and whistles available and that's what the manufacturers give them. There is no real need to build a practical off road capable adventure bike when the true and real benefits of such a machine will be lost on the owners. Besides, people buy bikes for adventure and end up changing so many things to suit their plans and because everyone's adventure plans are different there's no conceivable way of producing one bike that will suit them all so the modifications will still need to happen anyway.
In many ways it's similar to 4x4 vehicles, the Range Rover type things...most never see mud unless it has been spilled on the road by a tractor but the drivers like the idea that their vehicle has some capabilities that others do not. If there was a true, profitable and genuine mass market opportunity for a focussed bike then I'm sure one of the manufacturers would have done it.
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