My two cents worth. If you can afford it buy the YBR 250 rather than the 125. As has been mentioned it is not overly powerful but it has gobs of torque ( compared to a 125) and that is what you need to tour. The suspension is a bit shite imo but some preload spacers and oil in the forks would improve it , nothing to be done with the rear shock sadly .. with a rack and some dirty tyres it will go about anywhere..fit a gps tracker so you can find it again if it gets nicked. Don't ask how I know this.