I think your £1000 per month should be sufficient under certain constraints such as where in the world you head and relying on you living a fairly modest lifestyle particularly when in developed countries and spending less time in these countries and more in cheaper, probably Asian countries, even Africa can be surprisingly expensive.
The other thing will be living on less than your £33 a day that you have so you are saving up for those big expenses such as shipping, renewing travel insurance which can be £700-800 a year, servicing bike especially if there is a major repair or a pair of tyres especially if you are not capable of working on your own bike.
Using a GS 1200 rather than a 250- 500cc single could be the real fly in the ointment. The extra running cost will require you to make such serious savings in other areas such as choice of accommodation, you will have to camp a lot, no  in the evening, entering places of interest, adventure sport and side trips will be unaffordable, this for me anyway would take the joy out of the trip. Aim for a bike which does 70 mpg, weighs 150kg or less and packs down to 1.5 cubic metres.
You have a great opportunity and good luck with it but I think you will have to change your choice of bike to make the trip last beyond your savings.
Last edited by mark manley; 8 Oct 2012 at 09:21.
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