Beautiful Bike! Glad you got one of the last ones! Great review and pictures.
(Oh, btw, the Sport outsells the Gt 10:1 in Europe, and it's the OPPOSITE here in the States. Maxi's are for CRUISING here, as per Burgman 650, Silverwing 600, etc. because they aren't "real" motorcycles. Yamaha couldn't manage to give away Tmax 500/530's here, with horrible marketing and crap colors. BMW managed to sell some Sports on their own, but mostly sells the GT as a cheaper commuter/tourer compared to the rest of the BMW line-up. In Europe they go heads-up against the Tmax 530 and now Kymco AK550 for the enthusiast market.The American consumer is really ignorant. At one Yamaha Dealer the salesperson called Tmaxes "Mopeds".)