I agree with Dallas. The beauty point is a subjective one, so I am not going to go there. However, I think there is an inherent danger in your setup, BonniYam. My feeling is that your bike may ride like a speed boat with the front elevating slightly upward, which affects negatively the steering ability and driveability. Mind you, even the Yamaha manual does not recommend having both their top case and the side cases mounted at the same time. They recommend only one or the other. I know other blogmates did it, but the point of minimizing weight and minimizing weight at top and towards the back is well worth to be considered.