Just fitted the Yam pannier rails, and have to say I quickly gave up trying to do it with the tail in place � in the end it only took but a few moments to take it off anyway. And once access is really easy, plus I could copperslip all the bolts that hold it together to avoid future problems.

One thing though. For a bike that's likely to find itself in the middle of nowhere, who thought it would be a good idea to make the rail mounting points quite that inaccessible?, and the lower mount at the footpeg is held on with two different sized bolts requiring two different hex drives.

Sometimes the mind boggles with this thing.

Still, it's a neat setup for when the cases aren't attached, and given that they'll only be on the bike for road use I'm quite happy with the way they're put together (at least my locks seem smooth enough).