Not taking the P but how is the name Voge pronounced, is it Vogue, or Voggy? just askin'.

Not so good at "phonetics" Andy, but here goes :

AFAIK it is "Vohj"

Chalk & cheese as far as the 411 Scram / Himalayan comparison. The ride was probably a bit slower pace than usual for us given the conditions, but still "making reasonable progress" within the posted limts. I was leading and there were times accelerating leaving lower limits that I pulled a bit of a lead, but Mrs B caught up easily enough. Talking over the ride later she said she had not had any issues keeping station. She did say she had the impression that the Voge suspension was working better than the Scram, as she watches to see when I hit bumps etc. to gauge their severity and said the Scram was not responding as well. Biggest difference was that she later said she was mostly cold despite being well layered up, where I was on the cool side of comfortable and didn't get cold until the last 20 miles home on the Him.

Getting back on my Him the most noticable first impressions were that the Him clutch was heavy but the gearshift was very much better - light, positive & short lever travel. Then there was the noise - or lack of it & Mrs B had commeneted that the Voge was noisier when she was in close proximety and when I accelerated. Next was that suspension was no where near as compliant or capable as the Voge & the seat felt narrow and, well, not great really. The seat is the one area of the Himalayan that I am struggling with & I currently have the RE "Touring"seat on ATM, which is firmer & more supportive the the "standard" seat but still not great. Probably look to have the standard seat re-upholstered with a gel pad over the winter then move the Touring seat on. Seat height on the Voge is actually lower than my Him (similar to the Interceptor) & it was easier to get feet down.

Him / Scram performance is what it is - adequate but steady. The Voge is pretty much Interceptor performance in a Himalayan / Scram weight package - maybe have to work it a bit harder to unlock the performance due to the smaller capacity, but noticably more performance at all speeds in all gears. And noticiably vibier !

It was an interesting experience and, as I said, not really what I was expecting.