Haha, I'm quite familiar with that style and it's totally not for me! I don't think that the blindspot in the Z is all the big or bad but another point, personally, that I'd want a loud bike is that there are soo many drivers out there that just don't pay attention. Two crotch rockets the other day flew past me while I was doin 90 at probably 130 or so. I couldn't hear them until they were flying past me weaving in and out of traffic. Crazy!