I use one every day for my commute to hold my lunch and whatever else I need to bring to/from work. I'm not too concerned about how I look wearing one. The bike speaks for itself, despite what I look like on it.

Whiff

 

Rode with a newbie that wore a backpack his first trip to Sturgis (FXR no bags), he has a RoadKing now, but we still call him backpacker.
But hell he went to Sturgis with no jacket at all. Went down town and wanted to buy bags, I said let's look for a jacket first. It gets cold here dude!

 

I have a Deuce overnite bag , anything else gets bungied on the bars or the bag . Never needed more storage than that as I seldom go more than a few hundred miles one way .

Backpack ? Not trying to start a ruckus but the only bike riders I've seen wearing backpacks were riding rice rockets ! Not for me !!!

 

I dont have a car, all I have is my bike, o.k? Some times I need more room than the saddlebags afford me, like going to the laundrymat, grocery store, Home Depot, etc. Then I wear a backpack so I can carry more stuff. I am glad you have alternative transportation for such trips, but I have to use what I got. I realize some of you ride to 'get away from it all' and commute to work on your bike when the weather is within certain peramiters, but I ride ALLA time and sometimes it is helpful to utilize a backpack on certain trips.



O.K?

 

I have an ICON tank bag for when I had the sport bike. Its a backpack-tankbag all in one. Now with the Fatty I don't need it allthough the magnets do fit on the sides of the rear fender just right. Use what you want man it's 2007 who cares what others think.

 

Here's a pic ofthe Baja bag...

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But I DO care what all of you think, please validate my feelings!!!!

 

dude, the messenger bag is a secret.

besides, its more of a motorcyclist thing, at least around here, the man-purse is only for the metric, daily rider types. that along with a roadcrafter suit, which is also secret.

 

Hey Swede ,

Don't take offense , you don't have a cage - gotta do what you gotta do ! Taking your laundry out in a BP beats trying to carry a big ol bag of laundry or groceries in that small spot between your belly and gas tank , been there , done that ! Even got a ticket for speeding on my bike with 2 bags of groceries on my lap . Total BS , as I only lived 2 blocks from the store and if anything was going under the 35 mph limit . Not sure why I did'nt just hoof it ?

You ought to have one of those sweet things in your sig pic helping you out with your laundry , nice looking young ladies !

 

I have been rideing for a little over 20 years and never really thought about a back pack until a year ago. Now I use one about thalf of the time.