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I am a motif classic (The original) owner and I'll chime in.
I've been researching to upgrade and here's what I came up with:
For realistic sounds : Motif ES hands DOWN!
For Electronica and Dance: I think fantom has the edge, but only slightly.
The reason why I am looking to upgrade the motif is because as a WORKSTATION it SUCKS! I hate it, and now it collects dust. The master controller abilities are a joke, and the sequencer (to me) stifles creativity. Usually by the time I get some basic scratch tracks down on the motif, the vibe is gone. This is why I'm getting rid of it. I do like the sounds though, I'll be getting a Motif ES rack in it's place. Before you say RTFM, I have and I've been sequencing on keyboards for 20 years and have a Comp Sci Degree. If it frustrates me, I can only imagine for other people! In the End it just doesn't "click" with me, and that's why I'll be moving on.
By contrast I was in the music store with a Fantom X6 and I had KILLER tracks in 15 minutes! Whole music bed, DONE. This took forever on the motif.
The both have quirks though. Check out motifator.com and fantomized.info for their respective sites to do the research.
I was going to do it this fall, but at this point I'm not moving until I see what's at this years NAMM.
They are both due for new flagships. Also Yamaha just released the MO series, which is basically a stripped down Motif ES. Half the poly, no sampling, less fx, no expansion whatsoever. Just the core soundset and sequencer. The price they are asking is pretty nice though.
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