There are a few people (members on here) like Traveling Strom that have taken the strom around the world in various directions.
The major factor for me would be reliability. The strom is very very reliable, but bad things happen and TS came a cropper and needed some Chinese 'mechanics' to work on his bike who very nearly wrecked the engine with dodgy workmanship he discovered later in the trip.
The strom is reliable, but I'd be thinking of a more offroad focused bike, that will be a little more capable when the going gets rough, has fewer bits to snap off and be simpler to fix if something does fail/break.
the strom's fuel injection system could refuse to work is one of the sensors gives up and would be difficult to strip and find parts in the more remote areas.
A simple single cylinder with single carb is a far better choice to rule out certain issues that could arise.
Yes I'm also recommending a lighter single cylinder bike as the strom is a great bike for commuting, playing with the sports bikes, or touring around the USA or Europe, but take it into the wild and the weight and complexity of the bikes systems could potentially cause problems.
The old army saying KISS- Keep It Simple Stupid.
There are many of us on here who have taken the strom on the rough stuff and many of us have since bought lighter singles for this role as the strom is a weighty thing to handle/pick up and panels are easily smashed.
there is still one fool here that takes his S10 where Juv on the DRZ goes.