The faring partly looks like that because of camera positioning. In all the front-on shots it looks huge, due to parallax, i guess. I real life, it isn't that obnoxious, but I know what you mean. The side and rear shots are better at portraying the actual look. I've even thought about just carving up this one, and adding fiberglass to make it the shape and size (smaller)I want. It works so well, I hesitate to mess with it though, and my son says it looks awesome with a rider behind it. So, for now...I just ride.
) I like that cafe racer pic better but it still looks great. And yeah the fairing kinda stick out