4 years ago I travelled through South America on a 15 year old old KLR 650. It was a decent bike, well equipped with totally enough power. Only problem: it already came a long way did not manage the heat well anymore, so I spent a lot of time at the mechanics, having critical things fixed like suspension, head gasket, radiator, and so on. In the end I crashed it in the desert (RIP). So I decided that my next travel bike should be a (rather) new one. And I'm willing to spend the extra effort bringing it into the country I want to travel.

Currently I am investigating which next bike I could buy. I don't have a certain trip in mind yet (except finishing my Scotland trip before Brexit ****s it up entirely), but the bike I buy should also be able to manage a trip to Asia or Central America, have at least 650cc, spoke tires, a big tank and be rack-compatible and - most importable - be technically simple enough to be fixed be an Asian backyard mechanic.

All the bikes that one can buy today are stuffed with loads of technical bullshit. From heatings over cruise control to ride-by-wire and so on. I never had that stuff and I'm pretty sure I don't need it.

But what bike - that is not much more than just exactly that - can you buy today, which is reliable, ideally quite new and can be fixed by a mechanic instead of a mechatronic?

Thanks for your input upfront