Same question will goes for GM moto, why they made "Cavalier" and "SunFire" ... marketting and market share, they want to catch more cash be going both segment, but i must agree, Yamaha should rearrange the line to have more RX-V as a higher end, exemple, they will only made the RX-V from 7xx and upper and put the loader as HTR- so there is no overlaps so no doub and no question to ask 
