No, that's just the angle of the pic.
Another:
I have to admit, the chop looks good on certain bikes, this one being a great example. It think to me, if you have a shorty exhaust like Boom Tubes or the QuatD Ex-Box, then the chop lends itself well to the overall look and flow of the bike. I haven't seen a bike I've liked it on with regular exhaust. Even when the cans have been shortened.
That being said, the newer S*R style Monsters came with a slightly longer beer tray that didn't look good either. That is the specific reason I did the no-chop CF peice on my tail. Some of you may remember my last Monster that Yuu now owns. With all the mods I did on that bike I never even changed the directionals or the stock beer tray. I just thought it looked great the way it was.