I think the three biggest styling problems with that bike are the short screen, pullback bars, and the ugly mufflers.
The short screen says "I wanna be a Harley!" The pullbacks say... "Whiskey Tango...!" Echoed by the ugly mufflers.
Honda seems determined to win the Ugliest Exhaust award. I thought the ST's mufflers were ugly! At least when I look at them now I can say "It could have been worse". A cruiser isn't meant to look sleek and refined but could they have made the mufflers look any more ungainly and uglier?
I really like chrome headers and miss the days when Honda spent money on them and they were double lined. No yellow-blue pipes. Some subtle chrome touches would be nice.
That bike might look a lot better without fairing at all. From what I can see the tank looks a little retro and I like that.
Honda's going after the/a cruiser segment and it may be that they're giving up on sport-touring. <sigh>