I need the voice of experience

[Elias]

Hello to all.

Starting a RTW on June/06.

Most details are more or less worked out except of course a minor one: GSA1200 or Dakar? Brains says Dakar, heart says GSA1200. We'll see what the coin says.

The Route: Toronto-->Mexico-->Central America-->South America --> New Zealand --> Oz --> Far East with/out China --> Pakistan/Iran-->Middle East-->Turkey/Greece/Italy-->Tunisia and Eastern North Africa --> Southern Africa -->West/NorthWest Africa --> Europe/Scandinavia -->Russia/Mongolia/Siberia-->Alaska-->Toronto.

Two years, give or take a few months; 160k km.

Would you chance it with a bigger bike?

I will be hitting two rainy seasons: Central America and the Thailand/Laos/Cambodia region.

I will be hitting Siberia in late August and September.

I have had the benefit of this great site, yet I know a lot of you have already done this so there is no point in reinventing the wheel [though, this is perhaps why we are are doing this after all].

Are there single point failures that I need to guard against?
Cheers
Elias