I've never understood the mindset of people thinking they "need" a huge bike. If its gonna be used for freeway touring, I can see that...but for an all around bike? I think its the same mindset that buys a huge 4x4 truck and never takes it off the pavement. I used to work with a guy who was, well, for lack of a better word, an idiot. He wanted a Harley (as a bar-hopper/weekend toy) but felt the sportster was 'too small' for him. He said he needed the power of the larger models..."for the freeways"
Heck, back in the 60's, a 650 or 750 was a BIG bike. They had enough power to take a grown man down the highway at speeds above the posted limit. My W650 still does....But then again, back then, men were men and didn't wear skinny jeans or frost their hair....
...sorry, I went off on a tangent.
I saw the Conti GT's at Royal Enfield of Ft Worth before they went to the Dallas show. From my initial impressions it looked like the quality of the parts, paint and chrome looked improved over my '12 C5 military. Can't wait to get mine!