I ride an '08 Harley Ultra Classic (my "Winnebago bike" as the wife calls it). We do and have ridden it pretty much all over the country, except on the Left and Right coasts. (My avatar pic is me on that bike, on the Tail of the Dragon).
On the bike I normally wear the regular Harley riding uniform (boots, jeans, t-shirt {with or with out leather vest}), and I normally wear my t-shirt tucked into my jeans. I usually open carry at the waist at the 3:00 position when I'm on the bike, for a couple of reasons. One, as LucasMcCain stated above, it can be pretty difficult to access a concealed firearm while you're on the bike. And second, I have found that with an untucked t-shirt, said t-shirt tends to get blown up around my chest while at highway speed (not a pretty sight!). When we sometimes ride to a state where OC is not legal, then I do untuck the t-shirt to go to CC and do the best I can like that. In cold weather or rain, I still carry OWB, but it will be under my jacket and/or rain gear.
As to C-Dub's concerns about getting "swatted", that's certainly possible, but I don't normally get worried about someone giving me problems because they happen to see a gun on me while on the road. I'm a pretty passive driver when in traffic on the bike. I tend to try to keep pace with the majority of traffic, and also try to keep a lot of open space around me, and I usually stay in the right-hand lane, where most other people won't even be able to see that I'm carrying, even when open carrying.
That's all been working for me pretty well so far.
Everybody ride safe!
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