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Sweet, I mean its all good until something goes wrong, then you've just got to be focussed or feeling lucky. Have always found when i've had issues in arse end of nowhere (blew a clutch in the Altai valley and met some drunken russian students who came out of the forest who then spent the next 2 full days helping me get car to a town with a mechanic that was spot on), people just appear and generally are overly helpful*
Bike doesn't have to be mega off road, plenty of people have done it other way on a scooter (many SE asian families make their pilgrimage on their normal commuter bike, generally a 110 to 150cc medium sized scooter) and travelled tens of thousands of KM this way just fine. However always helps as you get to areas where bridge has gone, weather has blown away road, a group has protest on the road and blocked it and you need a way around. But something fun, a nice place to be is always a good thing.
Has to be less than 3 years from new (often from date of mftr or whats on V5, not from purchase date) in order to get it into Vietnam.*Always feel that in the UK we have the opposite feels towards foreigners broken down on side of road or a bit lost looking, most will just leave them to it or actively ignore which is shit.
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Tuareg 660 is by all accounts the best new enduro focused adventure bike... some absolutely glowing reviews out there and if I were buying a new bike it would be this (I'm keen to see how the V-Strom 800DE is when they're out though...)
I suspect that in SE Asia there will be no advantage to any new bike over another in terms of serviceability... they're all only going to be serviceable by main dealers or specialists in big cities most likely and given rich Asian dudes propensity for spicy Italian vehicles there's probably as good a chance of finding someone to service a Tuareg as there is of finding a dealer to work on a new Africa Twin or BMW...