I did an unintentional lift-off I almost made.
We moved to Aiken, South Carolina when I was a junior in HS. I moved in with my Dad since my Mom and sisters stayed to Cali to sell the Ranchette. This was around three weeks before school started.
I had a Honda 175 street/trail and decided to explore the small town, actually a really beautiful place, while my Dad was at work.. There are a lot of divided roads in Aiken with really neat gardens and trees in the middle.
In the picture below I made a sharp right turn off of Park Avenue onto Union Avenue. I gunned it, coming from the right.
I had no idea that there was a sunken RR track with almost 8% entry and exit pitched bridges over it.
Two lane bridge so I hugged the rail. I got at least 40 feet of air. I would have been fine, I had been riding all my life, but there was a tree filled medium on the other side of the bridge.
I almost made it but ate the curb on the right side of the photo above.
I was geared up, had a full face Bell helmet that saved my life. Minor shoulder injury and I had to work to buy a replacement front end for the 175
Bridge is still there. I drive over it every time I am in Aiken.