You've got it wrong Marcus, It was only the 720 24 spoke wheels because of bad spokes. I can't remember the years involved.
I have a 920 , it's a great bicycle. It handles very well. Accelerates well, stand up and sprint well. The 1 problem for me was the bar end shifters. I hate them. A bicycle of this quality should have STIs. The wheels are rock solid. No problems at all. A lot of MTBs and tandems have 28* wheels and hold up well. Far more stress than a tourist would put on a pr of wheels. Real touring gearing, below 21 gear inch I believe, as compared to all of the 30 inch or so "adventure " bicycles. I switched to 35 mm tires, The through axles are a good choice, function very well. In a recent thread somebody claimed through axles were only 10% stronger than QRs. I have my doubts about that. But they also said through axle works better with discs. The front rack is bigger than needed, but each rack is about 1.5 lbs. not too bad.
I'll bet that any of the people that made bad claims against the 920 ever rode one. So any information about who has really ridden one is going to be limited. So what you'll really get is a lot of uninformed opinions and very little facts.
So go test ride one and you'll know more. Particularly for those that have leveled uninformed accusations against the 920.
Personally if I were looking now I'ld take a close look at the Co-motion Deusche.