I agree.
That is a lot of money. That £1500 odd, could kit your bike top to bottom and then some!!
If you are serious about the Ten, then test ride both and if the Dakar really does not do it for you then try the Ten, but if both do it for you., still go for the cheaper.
Remember that, unless you are lucky and you bike takes not one scratch on your trip, your bike's resale value will take a hammering so best it happens to a bike that did not cost just short of £5000!!
Failing that you could do what I did and prep the XR, although mine is a 400!!
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