I usually tell 500 people when I do something dumb (I know, except for the time I got pinned under my bike in a traffic jam while fooling around) so here goes:

Today I tossed my fully loaded (including leftover chicken mole) Cortech duffle on my bike and forgot to strap it on. Yep- I'm stupid. It made it ~20 miles, even attempting to play in traffic with a couple of GSXRs (or the silver 954 that I always confuse with a zook) at relatively high speeds on Parker road. BTW- if that was anyone reading this: too bad about all the stoplights; maybe next time! I was headed down Lincoln at a HRS when I tried to lean on the bag as a backrest and felt it fall off the back of the bike.

I watched it tumble down the road as SUV after SUV swerved to dodge it. I turned around as fast as I could and ended up doing a bit of sidewalk riding to get to it, dismounted, raced into traffic to retrieve it, and ran back to the bike. Aside from scarred metal zippers, there was no damage- today the SUVs were friendly.

Result: a little mole on a sweatshirt I paint in. Fanfarkingtastic luggage.