After unpacking the two boxes and checking that all parts were there - I bought the Junior Enduro 40 litre LHS/30 litre RHS set so as to limit the width of the setup a little - I read through the German/English fitting manual to get a feel for what was required.
I found that I needed the following tools:
1 x Phillips head driver
1 x Flat blade screw driver
1 x vise grips
1 x 4mm Allen key - for the rear guard mounting screws
1 x 5mm Allen key - for some of the kit screws
1 x 6mm Allen key - for some of the kit screws
1 x 8mm Allen key - for the Lock-it screws
1 x 10mm socket - to remove the original carrier bolts
1 x 10mm ring and open end spanner - for tensi-lock nuts
1 x 13mm socket - for blinker mounting nuts
1 x 13mm ring and open-end spanner - for exhaust-side mounting nuts to pillion peg
Several cable ties - this was to re-attach my Ventura rack.
Some of the tools and setup are shown here:
Fitting took about 2 and a half hours all up (very leisurely). First thing to do is to take off the seat, rear carrier, Ventura rack (I had one fitted already that I use to carry a Gearsack bag around) and rear guard. All come off straight-forwardly except the rear guard - you have to undo the 2 hex head screws from each side and below the tail light and then pull the whole guard (carrying the blinkers and rear lights) off to the rear. It took me a while to figure this out, but a good pull fixes it - as always!
With the seat off it looks like this:
With the rear guard off, it looks like this:
With the guard off, the fiddly bit starts. The fitting manual is not all that clear but you get the idea OK. You unplug the blinkers and remove them from the guard. They are then reinserted to the given bracket and attached to the new mounting plate with the wires hanging for the moment.
Next I took off the number plate and re-drilled new holes in the guard to match the pannier mounting bracket - make sure the mounting bracket is centred on the guard as it will look ugly otherwise - and then fitted the plate onto the bracket and the bracket onto the guard like this:
After that, you need another pair of hands for a while because you use the given bolts to bolt the rear tail light back onto the guard while holding the whole guard up off the bike so you can access the bolts. Then sit the blinker mounting plate on top of the guard like this:
and lift the plastic above the rear tail light just enough to poke the blinker wires through inside and reconnect them to the wiring harness - brown is left and black is right. Don't be too concerned that the mounting plate seems to cover the rear tail light a bit because as it is tightened onto the guard with the carrier again later on, it lifts it up again off the light. The left hand photo below shows the completed fitting and the right hand photo shows it as you are fitting the guard before the rack is lifted off the light.
Finalise the rear guard by push fitting the guard back into place and bolt the rear carrier back on - this all fitted together quite easily on mine - the trick seems to be to do nothing up tight until all bolts are started in their threads - then tighten all a bit at a time.
Up til now took me about an hour and three-quarters. The rest of the fitting was very quick and easy following the manual - the Lock-it screws in particular are very easy and quick to fit. You need the 8mm Allen key for them and don't turn them more than a quarter turn.
The final setup looks like this:
The original J-brackets for the Ventura rack don't fit once the pannier racks are fitted, but I actually don't mind. I find that they are very poorly designed anyway since the bag rack pushes down into the J-brackets leaving the junction open to water penetration and quick rusting as a result. Mine were fitted by the bike shop from new and so are only about a month old and already I found them almost impossible to take off due to rust at the junction. Anyway, I just cable-tied the bag rack to the original Suzuki rack and it sits very solidly - you can even adjust it forward or back to suit so you don't kick it so much when you swing a leg over when you are riding solo!
Did the test ride thing - all the instructions say don't load them with more than 10kg each and don't go faster than 130km/h. I loaded them as per instructions and tried them up to 130km/h and the bike sits rock solid. They look like they were factory items, they fit so neatly.
I am looking forward to the first tour with Tania on the back and fully loaded panniers and Gearsack.
