Thanks for your really considered replies John & Dennis
The foibles that Takahashi have failed to address are pretty minor - but nontheless a bit of a PITA. I'm always criticising the documentation, which quite frankly is atrocious. They should have sorted out translation issues decades ago. They produce arguably some of the best hardware in the world, but their literature has always been terrible. I have my little FS60-C, which I love, but have never been able to find reference to the flat on top of the clamshell that has a 1/4x20 thread popping up out of it. What the heck is it for? No amount of searching has told me. Documentation should be a priority to them.
Anyway - that aside, I'm also looking seriously at a G-11 without Gemini. I've used Zane Hammonds EM200 and G-11 side by side at Magellan - and I do like using both. I find the G-11 more natural to use, as I repeatedly went for the latitude lock instead of R/A lock a number of times in the dark on the EM200. Silly design. His G-11 has Gary Knopf's wonderful Argo NAvis on it - and all I want is push-to. The Gemini and Temma2 are superfluous to my needs.
Considering that the G-11 without Gemini also comes with a tripod, the price is incredible in comparison - not that this issue is driving the decision. Also considering that I'll be stuck with DSLR photography for the forseeable future, I'll only need 5-minute (tops) tracking periods - and guiding will help, so the extra tracking accuracy for me isn't ultra-critical.
Hmm.. many decisions still.... thanks for your input!