Projector bi-xenon lights are absolutely nothing like these 'fakey' bi- xenon H4 replacements that we are using in the C-14 (or any H4 vehicle just by changing the bulbs over to HIDs). The projectors are a class act... so nice that someone should put a set in a C-14 IMO (
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=10405.0 ). I will update that thread in a few minutes.
Just as an aside, the way projector bixenons work is that there is a shield right at the focal line between the reflector bowl and the front lens; that is what creates the cut- off line in the light pattern. Actually all projectors have a shield, it is just that low beam only projectors have a fixed shield and the lamp is used exclusively for low beams with the high beams being an additional lamp assembly and bulb. In projector bixenons that shield actually moves vertically- actually it moves down to cast more light 'up' for high beam use (the lens makes everything work backwards). The HID 'kits' that replace two beam tungsten bulbs are actually pretty clever in that they move the lamp but they cannot produce the same quality of light pattern, cut off, or maintain light quality between low and high beam use the bixenon projectors have. By the way, the low beam of a bixenon projector remains absolutely the same when the high beams are used- it is like pulling back a curtain to allow more light to project onto new areas but the original beam is not changed in any way. That is one of the failings of the H4 kits- the low beam output is replaced by the high beam output.
What some folks do is to use a low beam H4 on one side and a bi-xenon H4 on the other side of the same motorcycle- that way you always have one light dedicated to low beam use and still have a high beam. It is easy to simulate that on your setup just by removing the solenoid connector (the small one with the two wires going through it) on whichever side you want only the low beam. I tried it and it does have its benefits- give it a try and you might like it better.
By the way, only high performance headlights are required to have lamp washers (as well as an automatic leveling system) on cars in Europe- there are plenty of dirty, misaligned lights in Europe too although I think on average they are in better physical condition than the average in the US. They also tend to aim the lights at the ground in consideration of oncoming traffic; I think they are often too high in the US but in Germany the top of the low beam is about 50 feet (ahem... about 15 meters) in front of the car.
Brian
The A&R are bi-xenons and the bulb does move. And due to this, there is some jiggle, especially on low-beam when the bike is moving. But if it were not bi-xenon, I would not have bought it, because I want the same HID lighting on both high and low beams. I don't want halogen on one and HID lighting on the other (blech). I think in my Infiniti G37 projectors, something OTHER than the bulb moves when switching from low to high beam, but I am not completely sure on that. But there is ZERO jiggle.