Streetglider08
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I always carry IWB at 4:00 on my motorcycle. Never had an issue.
From curiosity, what does it mean when you refer to carrying at 3 or 4 o'clock?
I went down, rolled several times, and my cell phone, in my pocket, beat me up. Hurt like hell, left a huge black and blue mark, and gave me a leg I could barely lift enough to make it over a curb for several days. This was with a flip phone some years back, about the size and thickness of a small pistoI. I won't carry while riding.
I notice nobody mentioned the issue of gloves. Hope you're all wearing them, but how do those of you carrying expect to find, pull, and shoot while wearing them, especially with winter weight gloves or while wearing winter weight riding jackets?
I went down, rolled several times, and my cell phone, in my pocket, beat me up. Hurt like hell, left a huge black and blue mark, and gave me a leg I could barely lift enough to make it over a curb for several days. This was with a flip phone some years back, about the size and thickness of a small pistoI. I won't carry while riding.
I notice nobody mentioned the issue of gloves. Hope you're all wearing them, but how do those of you carrying expect to find, pull, and shoot while wearing them, especially with winter weight gloves or while wearing winter weight riding jackets?
I got onto a street in DC last summer that really made me wish I had a gun on me, especially at the stop lights when I'd have been easy prey for some of those groups on the street corners.
The two times I've gone down in the last 25 years or so were not due to excess speed, but rather to tar and chip roads, which seem to be the bane of my existence. The rolling I previously mentioned was at 55 mph, not particularly fast. Both spills shredded my armored pants and jacket, gloves, and helmet and face mask, but I suffered no torn skin, just lots of bruises. I hit hard enough to shatter my phones. So no carry for me, and I won't leave a gun on the bike lest I forget to take it and it gets stolen.The difference I think is between the adrenaline junky and motorcycle for transportation. I ride from point A to Point B. When I was younger in my sport bike days and was out on the twisties in full leather, I did not carry. But going to work or the store or wherever, I simply don't change my carry mode. I do wear gloves and leather jacket now.
....and FME, the adrenaline junky probably has it safer than the basic transportation guy. Only time I have gone down is when someone in a cage pulled out or turned in front of me and I had to lay it down or hit them. Both times I was doing the speed limit and had the right of way. Both times my leathers saved my hide.The difference I think is between the adrenaline junky and motorcycle for transportation.
"...no need to have it on your person..." That would be exactly wrong. One fine day I was attacked by three scumbags who came from behind me while i was stopped at a light. The only thing that kept from from being knocked unconscious with the first blow was my helmet. I instantly had two choices - pull a gun or run a red light at a very busy intersection. I ran the light and somehow missed being hit by a car. If my bike had stalled or died they would have undoubtedly beat me pretty good. My gun will always be on my person - not stashed away on the bike somewhere requiring both hands and time to get it in your hand. May as well leave it at home if it's not on your belt and IMMEDIATELY available in an emergency.