I went to the NEC yesterday and had a good look at the VStrom 800 DE and RE.
I found the seating position on the RE just a tiny bit cramped.
I have restricted movement in my left knee (pillion accident a long time ago) and so I don't like my knees bent too far, at least not for a full days riding. The sales bloke said there will be a tall seat option and I later read that the seat height has been dropped a little in comparison to previous models.
The matt green colour is really very ordinary and if you wanted a bike to be effectively invisible in both urban and open environments... that colour would be a good choice. The black looks very...erm black and the blue looks good to me.
I shall definitely book a test ride on the RE.
I looked at loads of other bikes, obviously, some I liked, some not so much but a couple of things that struck me were just how massively popular the R1300GS was, all day, with gentlemen of a certain age (lots of bald heads and white hair), and elsewhere how little attention the Benelli stand was getting and also how absolutely anonymous the new RE Himalayan is... you really could walk past one on the street and hardly see it.
I must drop into my local Suzuki dealer next time I'm passing.