Sounds like a lot of good advice to me. I travelled down through the Americas with my backpack on the pillion seat. I´d like to add three things.
1) if you do this make sure you have a rain cover - water will get in otherwise, these packs are not designed to be laid down in the rain! water will form pools and get inside via the zips.
2) if the pack is heavy, make sure you use at least some straps and NOT just bungies, because otherwise when you have to manouvre in an emergency, the pack will destabilise your bike and the subsequent wobble will magnify very quickly causing you to lose control or get thrown off!!
3) don´t leave any strap ends flapping about on either sides. Whilst weaving through traffic in Rio, Brazil one such loose strap got caught up on the hooks of a passing truck! I had to keep up the truck whilst at the same time trying to unhook myself - fortunately we were not going fast, but never the less, very scary!!
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