Hmm, I did trips with my KTM 1290s in South America, Central America, North America, Morocco, and lots around Europe. Out of approx 100k km, maybe 15% were on gravel roads and sometimes sand. Except for maybe 250 km in total (0.5%), where I would have liked to have a smaller lighter bike, the big bike was always great and much nicer. More comfortable and fun especially when fully loaded.
Sure it is more expensive but I don't care about that. Interestingly most of the bikers I met were also on big bikes.
Seems there are a few hardcore adventures that cannot afford the big bikes and/or truly are focusing on rough roads.
Of course, if you wanna do TET or similar trips, a smaller bike should be used. But then these are normally only short trips only.
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