Believe me Ady you have not seen great headlights till you have ridden behind a K S with HID kit fitted it is unbelievable the difference between stock and HID night and day springs to mind but even that description does not do the light output justice you really will be amazed but then again you have an R and I have no idea what the standard beam pattern is like on that I had an HID after-market main beam unit on my R1150GS and it was unbelievable and so don't damn all bikes by your past experiences Rae describes my lights as being like the Sun chasing him down the road rather than him Chasing the Sun