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I will not carry on my body when on the bike. I dress for a fall, not for a ride. I don't want to fall onto a pistol and you may be surprised at what body parts make contact with the ground during a fall. I've seen gloves and boots come off during crashes, are you sure your holster will retain the weapon? Will it be laying in the pavement and disappear?

I keep my pistol in the tankbag, it's actually more accessible there than under my jacket. Tailpack is another option. The pistol is only useful for when you're off the bike. My throttle hand remains the most effective way to immediately remove myself from a dangerous situation. Unless you're making an action flick, lose any notion of shooting left handed from a moving bike. (I've been shot at while riding, felt the shockwave from the shotgun blast come across my back and the back of my helmet. I didn't stick around to engage or otherwise respond to the guys doing the Easy Rider re-enactment, that would have been my worst choice.)

Off the bike, I can casually slip the pistol into my jacket pocket or into my (removed) helmet and use my gloves to cover it in the helmet. On a hot day especially you should bring your helmet indoors with you so it stays cool.

You have absolutely no business going into a bar while you're out riding and if the group with whom you're riding chooses to stop for some drinks, you need to find different riding buddies. I've been riding high performance bikes since 1975 and have seen how a single beer changes skills and attitude.

If you ride for long enough you must remember that there's three kinds of riders: those that have been down, those that are going down and those that have been down and are going down again.

Ride safe, ride smart, and when you put all of those ponies to work have a method to your madness.