Buy the africa twin travis, they hold value on top of everything else you'll get out of it.
The big “dual sports” are absolute whales off road, they are however decent dirt road bikes, have excellent cornering clearance and a very decent mid-range torque.
As to the parking lot spark plugs. Can parking lots have shade trees?
How about parking lot head gasket replacements? Rings?
Heck, in January 1979 I myself switched out the main bearings of a ‘69 Opel Kadette station wagon in an old barn in Upstate NY with nothing fancier’n a Sears torque wrench, breaker bar and socket set.
Drove it to New Mexico and lived in it for six months. Actually did pull the the head again in a convenience store parking lot in Ruidoso Downs.
But that weren’t a motorcycle I know.
Finally, have you EVER lived in a Third World setting and seen shade tree Master Mechanics in action? Actually biggest problem can be the flies.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
