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You should be able to look in the specs/ref material here if you want to draw some of your own conclusions. My opinions, owning both CR's and MTs is somewhat biased since I love my MTs.
The CR's are the highly tuned versions with lots of trick parts. Just as a few exampled, bigger carb, different cylinder, alloy rims. The CR probably puts out half again as much horsepower as the MT.
The MTs are actually what was at the time refered to as a "Dual Sport" meaning it was primarily a street bike that could be ridden off road on terrain that isn't too challenging. As a street bike it has all the trim like battery, lights, et cetera to make it legal. It also has a wide ratio gear box and heavy flywheel, relative to the CR, to make it a bit tamer to pull away from stops. The extra equipment and cheap parts like steel rims adds another 50 lbs to the MT.
If you are familiar with Yamaha, it is like the difference between a DT1 and a YZ.
The stearing geometry and wheelbase of the CR and MT are similar which makes the handling close. One of my MTs was stripped down by a previous owner and used as a dirt bike. It actually works very well in this role but would be underpowered and heavy compared to a CR.
Why I love my MTs: I just don't get to a place to run off road that often. I live in a private community with our own road association so I have a tendancy to just hop on a bike to check the mail. No complaints from neighbors about noise and handles better then a street bike on our mountian roads.
Rick
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