The whole brand fanboy routine is pretty boring. You can't argue that it's a good bike simply because it's a Yamaha XT. What has it got in common with the 'famed' XTs of the 80s and 90s? But (and this is going to annoy you and any other XT fanboys even more), surely most of the old XT range were not even very good bikes anyway? - Cheap poor quality suspension and wheels ring a bell, as does broken subframes and dodgy electrics...
Back on topic:
I don't see how this bike offers anything more than the big BMWs? Surely if you want to steal market share from another brand you need to offer something bigger and better. The only thing that seems to set the bikes apart is engine layout, but even that would be a mark for BMW in my mind.
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