I think the manual AT's will be easier to get - I've waited 2 years for this bike ever since I heard rumors.
I currently own a trusty 2011 KLR its got me all the way to Prudhoe Bay, though some of the bad lands in Moab Utah, the COBDR and the IDBDR never an issue always got me home, but my only issue with it has been the lack of power - 37hp - so the AT is its replacement.