I know there is a PHX CA with WN that does it. Seems like he just strapped his bag to the bike if memory serves. I think the locale is the biggest deciding factor, like in PHX it's mostly dry and warm, so hauling riding gear around is less important. In NY, I dont know if the payoff is worth the hassle.

 

I’ve commuted for 3 yrs now. Ride is about 25 min home to airport. I have Givi luggage on a Ninja 300: 56 liter top case, easylock side bags, and easylock tank bag. I have my rollaboard in my locker, so just transport dirty clothes home and clean clothes back (via plastic grocery bag), plus my briefcase. Trips are typically 6 days long. I have my all-weather gear stored in the side bags. When I get to work I take my clothes and briefcase out of topcase, and then that’s where I store my helmet.
I also have a rack mounted to the top case. That’s where I lash my rolled up bike cover.
All in all it takes me about 5-10 more min dealing with the mc over a car on either end.
Sometimes, if I have a lot to carry into work, I’ll transport the entire topcase to my locker. Givi makes a “trolley” for the topcase which makes it like a rollaboard.
Also I use electric gloves and vest for winter. I find it effective down to 20 deg or so. Bout the only thing I’ll decline to deal with is frozen precip on the roads.

 

here is what OP asked

I control-F'ed "logistics" and just didn't see it pop up.

"my bad" apparently

 

Yep. As a rider, I have some insight. The childish reply to someone else’s insight shows he’s looking for confirmation though, not insight. That’s my “judgement”. Dismissing someone else’s advice based on the notion they have more experience than you is poor form, naive, and disrespectful.

 

Friend of mine ( not a pilot) had stenciled on his helmet, “O Positive. Organ Donor.”

 

when you searched, did you find anywhere that they asked if riding was too risky for our careers? I bet not

 

it’s like you don’t know Rick at all……


I’ll throw some judgment of my own in….a Ninja 300 is a scooter…not a motorcycle.

And can we stop with the use of “they”? A person is a person….not plural.

 

Using 'they' like that has absolutely nothing to do with "the current thing"

"The patient should be told at the outset how much they will be required to pay."

[3]"But a journalist should not be forced to reveal their sources."[3]

This use of singular they had emerged by the 14th century, about a century after the plural they.[4][5][2] It has been commonly employed in everyday English ever since

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they

 

Its actually funny you mention scooters, because that is the correct answer here. One can easily put their suitcase in front of the seat between their legs.

On a big scooter (Think Suzuki Burgman) you'll hardly notice it.

 

I know a guy that commutes with his HD Ultra Classic. He keeps all his gear in the lockable storage on the bike. Sets the cruise control and listens to podcasts or music on the way. Sounds nice.