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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barrymc" data-source="post: 688481" data-attributes="member: 19715">Hello,I'm on a 2004 model FJR.A few months ago I felt that one of the side boxes (factory supplied) was a bit loose. I bought the bike second hand and the boxes were very secure. It was only after I removed them and put them back on that I subsequently noticed that one of them was a bit loose.I had a look at the box myself but couldn't get it any more secure. I brought it to a local yamaha dealer and he said it was perfectly normal.A few days later the box came off at speed on the motorway. I retrieved the box but it was destroyed.I just bought a new one - I just fitted both boxes (one new, one old) back on the bike. BOTH are very very lose.  I'm convinced I'm doing something wrong.Both of the upper clips are sitting into the fairing holes - the box is sitting correctly on the bracket and when I put the handle down, the lower pannier clip is fitting up into the hole on the bottom of the fairing. The handle is closing nicely - sitting flush - but the fairings are both extremely loose. They seem especially lose at the two top fairing holes - the whole box moves horizontally within the fairing holes and can also be lifted up a few milimetres....What am I doing wrong here ?!  Is there a knack to fitting these ?Thanks for any advice.Also - I noticed the other threads about fitting the hitch pins to the panniers - I will do that - but first I need to get the panniers secured properly.</blockquote>

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