Taking a bigger, heavier bike because you're, worried about the first two weeks of the trip isn't great planning. If you're worried about the first section only then trailer it to MX. In my opinion, vstrom is the wrong bike for south of the gap, plain and simple.
Yes others "make it" on Gs1200. As do many many more people make it on XR150... It's always a compromise, everything is, but if you're already dead set on the vstrom please don't ask us to talk you out of it, only for you to take it anyway. Just take the Strom.
To answer the main question you had there though which was regarding being weighed down with luggage. You aren't taking camping gear, so how many KG of clothes are you taking?? Haha! But seriously, for 18 months, with full camping gear which I used a lot, I was nearly tipping 25kg... Which is like having a toddler on the back of the bike. I started on a KLR650 and sold it for an XRE300 because the KLR was just too big to enjoy the trip properly on.
Either way, enjoy it man.
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