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Anybody ride and carry?
No, I'm not an idiot-
I don't think anyone's going to pull while riding and battle it out.
However, I do carry in my travel box and I'd rather have it on me than locked up.

If you ride and you carry, how do you do it?
Shoulder, hip, "fag-bag", some sort of mount on your bike, in a travel bag/box attached to your bike?
 
In my IWB holster @ 4:00. It has unconcealed itself when I didn't tuck my shirt in and I've now corrected that. It's fine with a jacket on, though.
 
I keep a little 38 spl derringer in the box with my owners manual/tool bag, I can't get to it fast at all but if break down in a bad neighborhood at least I will have something. Sometimes, depending on where I'm going, I'll open carry in a OWB slide holster. Other times I just pocket carry as normal.

Will be interesting to see what other people do.
 
Depending on the shirt, IWB can get exposed rather easily. Shoulder holsters are the most comfortable followed by ankle holsters. NC is an open carry state so sometimes I'll just do that in an OWB. There is a company that makes a lockable holster mount for bikes. Pretty cool looking.
 
yes, I carry a .32acp Beretta inside jacket pocket and sometimes a 9Mak or .22Mag revolver in side box.
I had an 'incident' in a remote area while m/c camping that left me feeling un-prepared with out a spare pistol and plenty of ammo.
 
Glock 36 OWB at 9:00 (I'm a lefty). I reverse feed my belt through a cheap Uncle Mike's holster and it holds the goods close enough that I'm concealed with an untucked t shirt. This is how I carry all the time, not just on the bike.
 
My jacket has two nice sized pockets on the lapel area that run at a 45 degree angle. A compact 9mm or my .38 snubbie rides just fine there, can be drawn easily, and really doesn't print much at all. It's a heavier jacket, so it would take a pretty bulky gun to show much.
As a matter of fact, as long as I kept it zipped and belted (not the fastest to draw), the inside breast pocket is deep enough to carry my full sized 9mm.
 
I rode a lot for many years...for which, I modified an old S&W Model 36 to have a Checker-Top Bobbed Hammer, smaller Grip, open-front Trigger Bow, carried in right front (usually, 'Levi 501s' pants pocket.

Sometimes, .45 Auto in Shoulder Holster in cooler Seasons.


 
I've been riding since 1970. While I've never had an incident, I've always been keenly aware of how vulnerable a bike rider can be, to both vehicle attacks and armed assailants on foot. You think it's easy to carjack a car? Bikes are MUCH easier, and the high-dollar bikes are attractive targets. A rider would be very easy to shoot right off his bike while stopped.

So yes, it's a valid concern, and a rider should be armed on his person, IMO. It won't do you any good in the saddlebag, or a tank bag, or anyplace you can't grab it quickly. 1911 for me, IWB or shoulder holster under a jacket.
 
My Kel Tec PF9 goes into my IWB hoslter at the 4 o'clock position. I always wear a riding jacket, leather for cooler to cold weather riding or a vented riding jacket for summer.
 
This one is better suited to Handguns than S&T, I think... if anyone wants to talk about how and when to USE a handgun, that's a good one for S&T. 'How to carry a handgun on a bike' is an equipment question, not a strategies and tactics question.

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when riding bike i carry a 1911 in a bianchi 13 shoulder holster if i'm wearing a jacket. some days i just wear a safariland duty rig and a P226. either has good enough retention. in china i had a bike that some ***** knocked over one day. the twist throttle would stick after that and had to be twisted up or down. would have made it possible to shoot either gun afghani style at speed, but i ain't gonna knock the suzuki over just to get the throttle to stick...
 
On a bike, I think you need to be concerned with a potential fall. So, I would eliminate small of back carry. Maybe waistband too. I'm thinking the shoulder holster offers the best compromise in accessibility and safety. You do wear a jacket to ride? I hope. The only issue might be to take the jacket off to go eat, etc.
 
I know how NOT to do it

A couple of years ago I was helping my brother move out of his dorm in NYC and we were going south on the NJ Turnpike. A guy on a motorcycle blazes past us, and he wasn't wearing much protection, so we (and everybody else he passed) got to see a very large automatic tucked into the back of his pants. The guy was black too, and at the time the NJ State Police was notorious for racial profiling, especially on the NJ Turnpike. We never did see if the guy was pulled over or not, but it'd be a miracle if he wasn't. Speeding: check. Gun: check. Minority on Turnpike: check.
 
Well, my holster is an IWB, with a hooked spring clip.

Wear proper protective gear, which shouldn't ride up anyway. This should go without saying; you carry a gun to keep yourself from getting laid out on the road, why wouldn't you be wearing your helmet and leathers? ;)

In my case, with that hooked clip, I can simply tuck my shirt under and into the clip. Holds it down a treat.
 
I made a pocket holster out of duct tape and cardboard for my 5 1/2 inch .44 magnum

Cannot tell is there!

I have another jacket, BMW Boulder, that fits my glock .35 nicely. Conceals perfectly.

My BMW City pants have a left pocket that is horizontal. With some foam I made a rectangle that conceals my .357 snubby.

Shoulder holster works very well ... even test crashed off road with my 1911 without bruises or any injury to speak off

I ride every day that is not snowing.
 
I pocket carry whether on one of the bikes or not. I have a couple of guns I hunt with and travel on the bikes with, usually my old Wing. One's an AR7 .22, a TC Contender with several choices of barrels, and a 20 gauge Spartan coach gun which breaks down and locks in the top box. I will take the wing dove hunting on occasion.
 
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