Originally Posted by Vic Bronco

He's not the only guy who does it, I've seen it plenty of times, sometimes 1%ers in a group will have a prospect driving the chaser van, sometimes just a group of riders with some of the guys' old ladies in the van who don't want to bust their vag on the back of a softail for 800 miles.

If I was in a position to be driving to Sturgis with a booth/merch/camera crew following me I think I'd be stupid to strap my gear to my bike when there's going to be a perfectly good van following me there anyway. Your body's still going to have to tough the ride out more on a Softail or Dyna than it would on a bagger. Your balance would be better on the bike without all the stuff strapped on, so you're safer that way anyway.

Originally Posted by Koshman32

Agreed. If I can't strap it to my bars, or through it in a backpack, there's usually someone in the group I'm with that has some extra room to through some of my stuff in.

Originally Posted by jreichart

Originally Posted by Cowboy Rob