Well thanks for all your comments, i appreciate em.
being the first day i used the tank bag to go to work, i absolutely LOVED it. the straps on the backpack were so annoying over my leather jacket that i hated wearing it, the tank bag is much better, and stays put where it should. I was quite surprised at how much it actually holds, i was able to stuff a pair of shorts, a shirt, my gps, the suction cup for the gps, the charger for my gps, phone, and ipod, my ipod, ipod remote, my blue tooth, my kickstand puck, a pair of socks, a marker, a pen, my knife, my cellphone holster, a bandana, my gloves, a microfiber towel, and the backpack straps it came with. despite the looks of it, it actually grows quite well when you stuff it in and after zipped it seems to want to hold more. Overall I am so glad i spent the measly $50 on it. well worth it.
I dont have the shirt problem as i always wear my leather jacket!!! ALL THE GEAR ALL THE TIME!
The Grips are nice, at first they seem really squishy but after on they are a bit more firm, but they feel good to me, they are a little more sticky ( grippy ) i dont know a good adjective... rubbery? but none the less it wasnt a waste of money. And i went to my local fastener store that specialize in these things, and i picked up some good allen (hex) head bolts for my bar ends and they work so much better than those stupid phillip head ones. and without locktite ( thread locker ) they arent going anywhere... i dont know why they put it there from stock...