Bike weight
I think, it depends on the nature of the planned yourney.
If you drive mostly tarmac and paved roads, then the question of weight doesn`t matter much. You can use a BMW ADV or a NCX or everything else. Lifting these bikes once a day should be no problem.
If you ride not on tarmac and perfect paved roads but offroad, then weight becomes matter, because you have to lift the bike on some days maybe ten times, then a Beamer or other big bike will "kill" you.
I did last week a yourney through germany on tarmac with my friend, me on an S10 and he on a 1200 ADV, it was great and a fast ride, but when the streets become narrow and really curvy, it was not so funny with the big bikes, but nevertheless no problem.
At one point we were lead to a diversion, at first paved road, then an muddy and slippery trail, holy shit, that was really not funny at all. We manged that stretch, but were wet and lucky, that there was no fallen bike to lift
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