TTrax

One of the first work trips I made with my current employer was to an assembly center in Edgewood, MD. I work for an agricultural manufacturer and grew up on a small farm. As one of my first jobs, I had to inspect utility tractors coming in from Brazil. We were under the gun to get the inspections done as soon as possible. In my haste, I started the morning by pulling some units into the building from the parking lot. The roll up door into the facility was open part ways and I was eager to get the first machine in to start my day. I remember hurriedly pulling into the building and noticing that the exhaust pipe barely missed clipping the bottom of the part-way opened door. All the sudden I remember thinking "ROPS!!!" right about the time the ROPS frame came in contact with the door, bending it out nicely as the machine passed right through... The manager of the assembly center was known for having a short temper and I was loathe to visit with him to tell him I had damaged his facility. I had grown up around some older farm equipment and a ROPS frame was beyond new technology for any of the machines I grew up with (Allis Chalmers B and WD-45, as well as John Deere G and 830 machines). Fortunately, he had already had some other building issues and had scheduled a contractor to visit and didn't seem to be too concerned about the damage. It might have also been since I spent about 2 hours before he seen the door trying to bend it back into shape as much as possible LOL. Anyways, your post reminded me of that first mistake I made but was glad that the problem didn't conclude with my leave of the company. Hopefully you are doing OK and can chuckle about it in the future!

Yep it's my first post. But rest assured, I have been creeping around the forums entertaining myself with everyone's posts and trying to learn as much as I can about technical stuff and riding in general. Thanks to everyone sharing the pictures, one of my favorite pastimes checking out all the different adventures and awesome places around the country and world!

Here's a few of mine, longest trip I have taken so far. I was a little nervous but the bike held up great, no problems whatsoever! Harrison, Arkansas and nearby locales.