OK guys, I'm having a manly image dilema... [sm=headbang.gif][sm=helpout.gif]

Is it just wrong to wear a back pack to carry small items on occassions ?

Here is my issue....

I don't have saddle bags and I haven't had had the opertunity to get a sissy bar and luggage rack for the sporty yet.
I'm not sure if I want bags to clutter the looks of the bike either, so would carrying a back pack be all that wrong ?
I've seen rocket riders wear them now and then, but never on a Harley...
The problem is, their are times that I need to carry some items that just can't be strapped to the back of the seat and what about the times when I need to carry some rain gear on a ride...

Honestly I don't want to look like an idiot... but I need to be able to carry items at times.
Would it be all wrong ?

 

Who gives a crap about what anybody else thinks. Riding a bike is not about being fashionable. Just do what ya need to do.

 

Sub,

Tenn is right, question is do you need it? If yes then who gives two crapps what someone else thinks? Now if your backpack is Flaming Pink Kangaroo with a blue tail...well maybe then its a small issue.

Geno

 

It can't possibly be said any better than this.

 

I have a bright red backpack that I use to carry bulky items. Some people may say, "Look at that f***ing idjit with the backpack." But they NOTICE you which in my book is a plus.

 

Do what you want to do, wear what you want to wear, just get out and ride!

Heck, I have a back pack that I put my dog in, and my wife wore it (as you can see in the avatar pic) when we would take the pup because we didn't have a rack on the Sportster.

 

Screw them and the horse they rode in on and do what ya gotta do.

 

the other day it was cold 40 degrees but sunny, decided to go for a ride; I have one of the last american made harley leather jackets. but guess what?? it isn't that warm. I decided to wear an old ski jacket; after checking to make sure it was not rubbing the tank with its zippers, I was off. Fashion statement hell no, but I was warm...works for me. wear what you want.

 

Before I got my sissbar and sissybar bag, I carried my stuff in a backpack. Like the others have said, who cares what anyone else thinks? I needed to carry some gear and the backpack was the only way I could. In fact the only thing that bugged me about the backpack was that it was uncomfortable.

Cheers!
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I had a pink sleeping bag strapped to my sissy bar on the way to Sturgis in 2005. I had to use my daughters as I did not have one. People that have a problem with that can bite me. Nothing worse than a conforming non-conformist.[:'(] People that matter, don't mind and people that mind, don't matter.