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On paper, the DR ticks an awful lot of boxes. Important boxes.
But, ultimately, it's your trip, your bike.
No bike is perfect in all situations.
If the Ten' 7 will give you the ride you want most of the time and you can live with its limitations those times that it does not, then it sounds like a viable choice.
Go for it.
You've presumably had test rides, and read testimonials and at some point you simply need to take a leap of faith. Look at your route, make a note of any and all Yamaha specialists and HU communities along the way, and then just ride it as you've planned.
I heartily recommend going online to Adventure Rider Radio and find one of the podcasts from last year, I think. It was a compilation of some of the best interviews. Our own Grant Johnson was one of them. There was a report on properly setting up a bike: very handy, and cheaper than buying "comfort improvements" that might not be needed.
Do listen to it, and also research tricks for the overlander that may well save you spending a fortune on all the shiny add ons catalogues would love to convince you to buy.
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Adventure: it's an experience, not a style!
(so ride what you like, but ride it somewhere new!)
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