I've had the bags and tail pack for several months now and the bags suit my meager needs more than I really need. I posted earlier (and so will report again) that if you have a Corbin seat on your Bandit, you can mount the thick straps for the bags UNDER the seat, to keep any passenger happy and give a little more security against a walk-off thief. The pipe clearance is still there and it just looks better, too. If you want to do this with the stock seat, there are two tangs, one on each side of the seat, that would have to be removed and I don't know if I'd want to do that, but the Corbin sits just fine mounting front and rear only, FWIW.