I got it in chrome and I like it....it kinda adds some spark to the look of the bike in my opinion. You can open up the side compartments and leave them open or store a few little things in them and snap the caps back on to keep them secure while riding. The only thing I don't like is the size of the cup holder....I wish it could hold bigger cups but I guess they were designed to hold normal sized water bottles.
I stopped a McDonalds for a large ice tea today and was actually quite pleased that the tapered bottom of that large cup fit nicely into the cubby....guess it can handle large cups like that.