I would try to get something like LCP and carry it in a wrist holster. Does anyone know where I can get a wrist holster? The ultimate would be something like that seen in the movie Red Heat where the guy extends his arm the gun pops out from below the jacket sleve and goes bang couple of times. Yes, that is what I would look for.
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I would try to get something like LCP and carry it in a wrist holster. Does anyone know where I can get a wrist holster? The ultimate would be something like that seen in the movie Red Heat where the guy extends his arm the gun pops out from below the jacket sleve and goes bang couple of times. Yes, that is what I would look for.
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I'm pretty hard to mess with when I'm on the bike... I have the ability to run away from pretty much anybody and anything. Quickly. There won't be any "Dukes of Hazard" chases. It's more like "Where did he go?".
But as mentioned by a few people above, I'm vulnerable when stopped at a light in traffic.
I believe the best answer if a robbery attempt happens like that is to hold the front brake and drop the clutch (Killing the motor) while I let the bike fall to it's side and step off with my hands up high over my head.
This puts the bad guy at a distinct disadvantage.
He can't pick the bike up with one hand. He can't start the bike with one hand. And he can't cover me while he attempts to make a getaway.
I own him at this point and can take whatever action I deem best. Yes, I carry. Any motorcycle that's worth riding cost more than ten thousand dollars and that's a lot of hard work for a man like me. I take holding me at gunpoint to steal something like that as a serious threat on my life and so does the state of Texas.
And that's about all I'm gonna say about that.
But as mentioned by a few people above, I'm vulnerable when stopped at a light in traffic.
I believe the best answer if a robbery attempt happens like that is to hold the front brake and drop the clutch (Killing the motor) while I let the bike fall to it's side and step off with my hands up high over my head.
This puts the bad guy at a distinct disadvantage.
He can't pick the bike up with one hand. He can't start the bike with one hand. And he can't cover me while he attempts to make a getaway.
I own him at this point and can take whatever action I deem best. Yes, I carry. Any motorcycle that's worth riding cost more than ten thousand dollars and that's a lot of hard work for a man like me. I take holding me at gunpoint to steal something like that as a serious threat on my life and so does the state of Texas.
And that's about all I'm gonna say about that.
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Thanks, not something that gets discussed on this side of the pond!
rskent
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No, but he can shoot you.
Handle it with discretion. Tough to do with a full size sidearm, but for the PM9 or PM40 that rides in the tank bag gets palmed and put into the cargo pocket of my riding pants when I get off of the bike. Situational awareness and shielding the transfer with your body or a gas pump-nobody sees it, nobody knows.
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I've spent a lot of time experimenting with different options. These are the conclusions I've come to:
* I can either ride well or shoot well, but if I try to do both together it will likely result in total fail.
* Speed and agility are my greatest advantages.
* If I maintain a gap in front of me - which I'm in total control of - there's not really any traffic situation that I can't move forward in on a bike, short of an evacuation scenario gone bad. That cannot be said for mean spirits in anything larger. Bonus points for riding near the break-down lane.
* Gripping a handgun with motorcycle gloves is sub-optimal. Working the trigger is even worse.
* Motorcycle gun-fights are soooooooooooo south of the border.
I carried in a tank bag for a while. That worked OK, except that when you were most likely to need your firearm (off the bike), it was least accessible. Plus you absolutely had to take it with you every time you dismounted, no matter what, which doesn't sound like that big a deal, but really became a pain after a while.
Definitely don't want to wear it SOB (small of back). Landing on that in the event of an off wouldn't be spine-friendly.
In the end, I ended up just carrying like normal (IWB, ~4:00). It's not in my way as an appendix or anything forward of 3:00 would be. Can I use it to defend myself when on the motorcycle? Not at all. But it will be with me once I've got those gloves & helmet off, which is what I deem most important.
OWB 3-4:00 would work just as well too, and offer you the potential to go all Mad Max if you so desire. But I greatly prefer to carry concealed, so there's that. I have a friend that swears by open carry, claiming most people give him a wider berth. Always a good thing on 2 wheels, but also potentially a distraction.
After commuting exclusively by motorcycle for years, I've had a handful of potentially life-altering encounters with colorful folks on the roadways. People's inner reptilian really comes out when they pilot a machine bigger than yours. In every single case, the problem was quickly resolved with the judicious application of throttle, brake, and/or handlebar input... usually resulting in a rapidly-disappearing dot of high-blood-pressure in the vibration-fogged haze of my rear view mirror.
* I can either ride well or shoot well, but if I try to do both together it will likely result in total fail.
* Speed and agility are my greatest advantages.
* If I maintain a gap in front of me - which I'm in total control of - there's not really any traffic situation that I can't move forward in on a bike, short of an evacuation scenario gone bad. That cannot be said for mean spirits in anything larger. Bonus points for riding near the break-down lane.
* Gripping a handgun with motorcycle gloves is sub-optimal. Working the trigger is even worse.
* Motorcycle gun-fights are soooooooooooo south of the border.
I carried in a tank bag for a while. That worked OK, except that when you were most likely to need your firearm (off the bike), it was least accessible. Plus you absolutely had to take it with you every time you dismounted, no matter what, which doesn't sound like that big a deal, but really became a pain after a while.
Definitely don't want to wear it SOB (small of back). Landing on that in the event of an off wouldn't be spine-friendly.
In the end, I ended up just carrying like normal (IWB, ~4:00). It's not in my way as an appendix or anything forward of 3:00 would be. Can I use it to defend myself when on the motorcycle? Not at all. But it will be with me once I've got those gloves & helmet off, which is what I deem most important.
OWB 3-4:00 would work just as well too, and offer you the potential to go all Mad Max if you so desire. But I greatly prefer to carry concealed, so there's that. I have a friend that swears by open carry, claiming most people give him a wider berth. Always a good thing on 2 wheels, but also potentially a distraction.
After commuting exclusively by motorcycle for years, I've had a handful of potentially life-altering encounters with colorful folks on the roadways. People's inner reptilian really comes out when they pilot a machine bigger than yours. In every single case, the problem was quickly resolved with the judicious application of throttle, brake, and/or handlebar input... usually resulting in a rapidly-disappearing dot of high-blood-pressure in the vibration-fogged haze of my rear view mirror.
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I wouldn't have to drop the clutch, there's a kill switch at my thumb. Most bikes worth riding have one. Iffin the BG got the drop on me and had a gun on me already just to steal my bike......he can have it. That's what insurance is for and iffin you got a bike worth ridin' you've got insurance on it. I work hard too, but I ain't gonna die or kill someone over a damn $20,000 motorcycle. Iffin someone gets out of a vehicle with a gun in their hand, pointed at me, and they're gonna ride the bike to getaway, odds are, there's another one or two of them in the vehicle. Life ain't always a Rambo or John Wick movie.
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