hi. i have tested the suzuki vanvan extensively. i drove it up through scandanavia to nordkapp then accross russia, down in to mongolia and back via kazakhstan and eastern europe to england. it took 7 months and around 27,000 miles. there were 2 of us. we drove on average 6-7 hours each day at 40 - 45 mph. it is an amazing machine, it never let me down once and it will go places you wouldnt dream of trying to take a big numb bike! the carrier rack was pretty shit and snapped a few times but then its only meant to hole 3kg and i had about 10 on it. big tyres are good, you can run them half inflated and you dont feel the bumps, i would also recomend putting v-rubber tyres on, theyre more aggressive. the front tyre will finish the trip, the rear 20,000+ miles. we were getting around 140 - 150 mpg, we were only expecting 90! a windscreen helps with mpg's aswell, as does a larger front sprocket. you might want to put a support bar on the rear of the frame, i took off my rear foot peg and attatched it to there and my frame stayed strong, my friend didnt bother and his frame snapped. take a jerry can, 5l at least. take a few spark plugs and put slime in your tyres and you wont get a single puncture!
have fun,
Jono
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