More pictures
To give you an idea of the width. Not wider than the handlebars !
Opened with the top of the case half open...
Fully opened! As can be seen on the youtube below, the cases can be opened both ways!
The rack, easy snap-on system for the cases. Installing the rack took me about 2 hours....
and a youtube.... explains more than I can...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znLO-XqU3UQ