A fair point. FWIW the big 6 cylinder BMW behemoth thing doesn’t have much of a toolkit either. My R850GS had a decent one in a tray under the seat like your 800 twin. Hated my F800GT.
I’ve now read the full article in Bike. The Himalayan was joint “winner” with the Honda CRF Rally 250cc, beating the Kawasaki Versys 300, Suzuki V Strom 250cc, BMW G310GS and Benelli TRK 502. Whilst the least powerful bike it had good useable torque.