I have a 1986 Miyata 1000, a 1980 Motobecane Super Tourer, a Mikado Cycle Toureur and a Velo Sport Appalachian and I have never toured on any of them! I always use a modified Mtb to tour with and I recently noticed that old Rocky Mountain catalogues from the 1980 and early 90’s list some of their early Mtb’s as touring bikes.
In my opinion the Miyata 1000 seems to be the best design out of all of the ones I have and I really enjoy riding it. This summer I will definitely take it on a long tour.