What a bloody farce! What are they going to prove?
They should try the long way up Africa, without any back up vehicles or spare batteries, relying only on existing recharge facilities. 
Now that would prove just how much "more suited" the bikes are to adventure riding.

I don't understand these comments.. what exactly is a farce? We have 2 adventure riders who get sponsored bikes, sponsored a team to organise the ride, sponsored kit, communication equipment, video filming and editing.. I mean, we all know how it works, so what is the problem? I know of plenty of guys who have done the long way up but they can hardly produce a ride report, at least with all these backup vehicles and team we get to experience the riding as a series.. whats wrong with that?
Who says they need to prove anything to anyone? maybe they just doing it for the love of adventure travelling, even if they doing it for the money, fame, recognition or for noddy badges. So what, why do people have to try knock them down?
Who says that an adventure is without a support crew? If someone climbs Everest with a support crew they are still on an adventure that they have trained for? you dont see everyone crying because they didnt climb it without support. Who defined an adventure on a bike as one without spares? If I go on an adventure ride and I take spare tubes, is it now less of an adventure in your eyes? Why should they go up Africa ? why cant they have an adventure where they want it?
In the Long Way Down they took arguably the best adventure bike produced, no matter how much they tried to convince people of those bikes suitability it didnt stop the armchair adventure riders complaining about everything from how many crew went along, to the fact that they stayed in places not shown in the series, to spare parts being flown out etc..
No matter what they do, there will be 2000 okes typing away on forums about what a farce it is, or how unsuitable the bikes are, or why, in their opinion it doesnt constitute an adventure
At the end of the day they are going on the adventure and we are not.