I saw it in flesh and compared it with the OEM in weight. It weighs much less of course than OEM and it looks well-made. However, when it's on the bike, I totally agree that it looks out of place, the connector pipe is just not in the same line with the back of the bike. I think OTR just uses the same connector pipe as it has for the R or X version, and it didn't bother to redesign a special one for the Z, IMHO. It's too bad; otherwise, it would look quite decent.