+1... Geez -- some guys seem to think they can't walk outside without packing. I usually go solo, but if I did travel with others I think I would have serious reservations about riding with anyone packing a concealed weapon. Probably more risk of them shooting themselves or some innocent than providing any real degree of "protection" in any foreseeable scenario!

 

Brother , I honestly believe half the gun freaks in here take warm showers with them . I ran the dark side of tracks for years hard and felt like a complete idiot the few times I did carry .

Didn't make my dick any bigger , voice didn't get any deeper and the chicks where never disappointed that wasn't a gun in my front pocket .

 

[quote=PPBART;9203465]+1... Geez -- some guys seem to think they can't walk outside without packing. I usually go solo, but if I did travel with others I think I would have serious reservations about riding with anyone packing a concealed weapon. Probably more risk of them shooting themselves or some innocent than providing any real degree of "protection" in any foreseeable scenario![/quote

Everyone I know that conceal carries is responsible. Heck, bet you wouldn't even know they did.

 

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Unfortunately that isn't true , ask any cop in a bad area . Nicest guy in the world still projects subtle but noticeable clues if they have a weapon on them and they find themselves in an unfamiliar or non comfortable environment . Carrying changes you , people carry guns and will give you a hundred reasons but bottom line is it bolsters confidence and take a bit of the bite away from the unknown ." I'm armed now I can deal with it " . Some have legitimate reasons for carrying 98% do it because it makes them feel better , that's the bottom line when you strip all the excuses away .


Get out on a big run with lots of mixed crowds in a confined place and the guys with a gun on them who aren't part of that normal crew stand out they really do , almost nervous looking really . Constantly scanning everybody like the boggy man is gonna jump out . Seen lots of them .

Use your head , be aware of your surroundings and little self defense training if you didn't do the military or grow up on the wrong side of the tracks and you'll do fine . A novice rider with limited experience has no business adding a weapon to what he has to deal with on the first big road trip , drama factor just isn't there people .

 

exactly

Not where I live either.

I prefer the flattop, it gets me there faster and get to see twice as much of the country...just can't stop and smell the roses when your doing 80.

I've encountered 1%'rs on trips. At first I was scared but nothing bad ever happened, they was just like anyone else and I felt stupid for felling scared.

Sounds like someones afraid of guns.
If you do carry, don't announce it to the world, and just because a cop says hi as he passes by, don't say anything. If you have a CCW you know what you are supposed to do. If you DON"T have a CCW then DON"T carry.

 

As far as the whole gun carrying thing, do what you're comfortable with. If you carry when you're in a car, why wouldn't you also carry when you ride your bike? If you aren't comfortable with a gun, don't carry.

There have been a lot of comments on here about never needing a gun when riding. That's probably true 99% of the time. And fortunately, I've never needed one to this point either. I just don't intend for that 1% of the time that I do need one to cost me my life.

 

Must suck living in enough fear to feel you need a gun to handle yourself on two wheels .

OP , Do your thing man and enjoy the trip , may find it's a hell of drug and you'll want lots more .


Oh somebody said afraid of guns , in the hands of well meaning " Just in Case " types I get a bit nervous can't tell which way you guys will jump when the world goes Boo at you .
Fear of the unknown I got over when I was around 9.

 

Don't worry. None of us will bother to step in and save your *** when some moron has a gun to your head.

 

Been in more hairy **** than a 2 hour cop show mixing it up with SOA and I do just fine all by myself , a few of the guns I own are souvenirs from a few of those encounters . Pull one on me better use it or I'll own it next .

 

And for every one of you with that same attitude, there's ten more that are now pushing up daisies. Hope your luck continues to hold out.