When it comes to anything that compromises safety for questionable looks I'll take the safety every time. Our stock mirrors may look odd to some (too me they look fine) but they are effective because the engineers designed them to stick out so you could see. Even with the stock ones I felt adding little rectangular fish eyes from Pep Boys gave me even more vision behind me. The better we can see cars behind us the safer we are. Cagers all to often seem unaware of bikes around them. When ever there's a confrontation between the two the bike rider looses.