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I ride a Honda Shadow Aero 750.

I open carry a Glock 19 in a retention holster on my right hip.

I've gotten thumbs up, conversation at lights, and a couple people taking pictures of me. Haven't had any negative interactions related to carrying.

I switched to open carrying on the bike once it was legal because there was actually an incident in which I wanted to be able to get to my gun and I was unable to do so, because it was IWB under my zipped up jacket. Some guy was screaming at his girlfriend and weaving all over the road doing about 20 mph. I got past him quickly, and I guess he somehow took offense to that; I still don't know how. He pulled up next to me at the next light with his window down and a gun in his hand, asking what my problem was. I told him I didn't have a problem and I was just trying to get to work, nothing more. He accepted that and sped off. Had he done otherwise, I would have liked to have had the option of diving for cover and drawing my gun. With it under my jacket, that was an option I didn't have. Since then, my openly carried gun has deterred one person that I know of from committing a crime against me.