Hmmm thanks for the comments guys.
Yes I think I'm prone to take far too much - I do have the tank panniers and tank bag - so plenty of space up front. I like the idea of leaving the box empty and chucking in my jacket, etc for city/town stops. The problem I found before was having gear for all weather. Things are fine when it's cold and wet as I'm wearing it all, but once I hit somewhere warm and sunny I stripped it all off and had to leave it packed in my big bag.
The Tesch lids open upwards, but only need tilting to a small angle (30 degrees) when they can be pushed back and lifted off - so I might have enough space with a box fitted, depending on the gap between box and bag.
I might even bung on a Givi box on the back as they're much cheaper than Zega-type stuff...
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