[QUOTE=Black Dog;183496]Thanks Dale, will have a good look at that. I was hoping someone could say "yes, I have that arrangement and it's fine" or equally "no it doesn't work", but perhaps nobody has tried this combination.

Me too - I would rather have someone comment to either reject or ratify that this combo works

Failing a response, I can confirm that the Givi racks were very easy to install, weigh 3.5kgs and also that I wouldn't hang any hard cases from them for adventure use

Bearing in mind that I have an 08 model, which uses a different Givi model number, I think the Givi racks would work with the Yamaha rear rack.

I think that it would work because the Yamaha rear rack replaces the hand rails which are retained when installing the pannier rack. Upon installing, spacers are used on the outside of the hand rails for the pannier racks to fix against, which I suggest would still work with the Yamaha rear rack.

Worst case, if it the combo doesn't work, is that you could potentially modify the spacers. The spacers are 20mm (rear handle bolt) & 16mm (front handle bolt).

Now..... I hope someone chimes in for your *real* answer