Serious question; do Suzuki actually expect to sell the 800DE in any kind of volume in the UK?
I fully understand that ADV's are dead on trend these days, think the 1990's repliracer sportsbikes, but is this priced just to be in the ballpark internationally, as I really would expect America, possibly Australia, maybe Canada and South Africa to be more receptive markets, mostly because they actually have many miles of 'roads' where a 21" front wheel, decent suspension movement and ground clearance are needed.
The comparison with the Tiger 850 only works if you can find a Tiger 850, I have been laughed at (literally) twice at two different dealers over a year apart when asking if they had a demo bike. That may have changed now but my last time of asking was only six months ago and at Fowlers on Bristol.... but I'm getting off track.
My very local Suzuki dealer has said they will have a 800DE in the showroom as soon as they can get one, but given the £3000 discount they were recently offering on two VStrom 1050's they had in stock, I can't help thinking as plenty of others have said, that early adopters of this bike are going to get stung.