I should have mentioned I want comfort and simplicity with the a reasonable low weight for my adventure tourer. This also includes the requirement that if I dump the bike on the ground that I can pick it up in a reasonably nasty environment. There are many nicer and newer bikes than a DR but not as many fixable trustworthy options. It's a short list: Old KLR although liquid cooling gets complex
Honda XR650L although Honda pulled that from the Canadian market and the Suzuki DR650 bush pig..
Why a dinosaur bike? When you are in the middle of nowhere Baja and topping your tank with some of Mexico's finest barrel gasoline you want something that can run just fine on dirty 85 octane fuel.
For even lighter candidates the Yamaha WR250 was awesome as well.
The ability to self extricate oneself from a bad situation should also not be overlooked. One my buddies in our riding group also owns a Norden 901 expedition. He is a 6' athletic guy and a A/B level offroad rider. He put his Norden wheel in a soft patch just off a gravel/dirt forestry road on the Norden while riding solo. He had to use his Garmin inreach to message us to come help him get out (we were 5 hours away) . He was no more than 5' off the road but pointing down. He was completely helpless. He basically just set up camp and hung out until we arrived the next morning to help get back on the road. It was simply too heavy to get back on the road solo. That is a dangerous adventure bike that is promoted as being off road capable. This situation was not extreme off road either. Just a semi deactivated forestry road that you could get down in a minivan.
Would you feel comfortable topping up you fine machinery with these?