Good to hear, hoping I can keep my body together long enough to enjoy retirement and still ride a sporting street bike. The two bikes are so similar, S1000R and XR, I would do the same and just get the R as comfy as possible. With 17K miles, I am sure you have it setup nicely and have had some serious amounts of fun with it. If my body was not so beat up, I probably would of bought the S1000R the minute they released it, the price was just too good for everything they offer on that model. BMW sure put a hurting on a lot of Japanese mfg with the release of the S1000R, not that much more and a more refined street bike with the heart of a race bike.