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If you are not cramped on time, parts accessibility should not be a big issue with a reliable bike. Parts can be shipped with a currier to just about any place on the face of the earth, or atleast to the closest metropol where you break down. Worst case, you have to ship your bike some distance to receive parts and have your bike fixed. It will be more expensive ofcourse, but then again, you might think it is worth the risk it to be able to ride your favourite bike. In case of bimmer lovers, I guess those are not appart of the most cost councious of travellers (they all ride japs). If you're a bimmer owner, with time to spare in your itinerary, then I wouldn't worry too much about the odd part that could fail. If reliability and ease of repair is a top priority, then I'm not even sure that a KTM should make the list.
On my next trip I will be bringing parts for about 1200 Euros, pluss tons of tools. This because I will be riding a highly unreliable bike, in Africa, with no time to spare WHEN I brake down. The bike I chose delivers very little bang for buck in terms of performance, handling, reliability, convenience, comfort, or any other valued attribute. Then being practical had very little to do with my choice...
If one is a KTM fetishist, then I'd say go for it. You'd be grinning just knowing that you were riding one, regardless of the bikes physical attributes.
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