the right side looks cool and sexy, but the left side looks...yuck.
unlike H-D small and big twins and V-rods...i always thought the look of all the XB models including the bolt were reasonably symetrical. by that i mean if you look at H-D models and Jap cruisers most all have some sort of air cleaner device and exhaust headers/mufflers on the right side to mimic H-D cruisers. they have virtually no motor ancillary parts on the left lending themselves to somewhat of an asymetrical look IMO. personally i think the large primary cover on the left balances out the belt and its cover on the right side of all XB's giving them a nicely balanced appearance from either side.....but that's me.