Colen, My experience with my Design bag is that it does interfere with me getting off the bike properly. When I'm in a full lean, my arm is normally on the tank - if I have the bag on, I can't get off the bike as far since my arm now hits the bag. But I'm only 5' 6"...so you may find it easier to deal with. If I know I'm going to rail the twisties ( like the one corner in Eureka ) I'll leave the bag off. Otherwise, I just have to take curves a little slower.