I can't believe anyone would complain about this. The right side comes off in about 30 seconds. The left side takes about twice that long. Boo hoo! ::002::
You don't have to flex anything, or work anything out from under any hooks, or slide things through flimsy plastic channels, or anything. The screws are all the same size allen heads and the two plastic rivets are easy once you know about pushing the centers to release them. There are a couple of peg-in-grommet things but they pop out with no scary prying or twisting, and when you put them back in you don't even have to look, they just slide into place. It's incredibly straightforward and looks like it will be robust over time. It's the easiest bodywork I have ever removed, and when I took the panels off I didn't even have a manual. Try pulling the side panels off a V-Strom, or a Honda NT, or even a 1992 TDM, and then see if you still want to cry about this one.
Now, as noted up thread, you do need to take the whole left side panel off as a unit, both the black part and the blue part come off as one piece. Don't try to disassemble it while it's attached to the bike. It makes sense that this could cause some angst, but once you know this, you don't need any other secret ninja tricks.