Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Classic Morgans (pre-CX) So, have you driven your Morgan today?

From memory dad talked about faces where the jaw had slid along the road and partially wore away while also broken jaw. One guy had no jaw left and he used bone from the rest of his body to make a jaw. Dad still talks about how well the joint works based on some technique he used.

I remember being hit by a car on my pushbike, learner driver waved though a stop sign by another car that had right of way. I assumed I was protected by the car that had right of way. Slow speed probably 10kph but still hurt. I landed on my head three times cracking the helmet in three places and then on my face. The doctor at the hospital was explaining to some students that while I had lost some skin I had lost just enough jaw bone that the skin could be stretched. For a few years I remember when talking of eating the scar that had formed over the missing bit of jaw would pop in and out of the groove in my chin until the skin stretched more and the scar tissue softened.

Unprotected flesh and bone abrades at 1 inch/second when sliding on tarmac, so the question is, how fast where these people going? I would certainly not go out on a track without a full-face helmet, but my days of riding fast on the road are well behind me. The helmet I wear (Illustrated above) has a rigid Lexan face shield that comes down below my chin. I'm entirely happy that this would provide sufficient protection in the kinds of situations I encounter when out on the bike. One can let fear of an unlikely event prevent enjoyment of an experience.

I hate full face helmets but I always wear one on the bike, silly not too.

Great drive out earlier (to Asda) with the side screens off My iPhone must of froze after this picture and switched it self off

Cool and cold both, you’d better watch you don’t get caught though, your road tax expired fifty one years ago!

Did you learn that in Jawmetry class?

A fine finish to a foul year. Temps above zero and the sun shining so the old Mog took me to the airfield and the plane took me to the sky. Bliss.

Well spotted, my tax disc is the month and year I was born

Sounds and looks a great day for driving and flying

Beautiful run out over Woodbury Common to the gym - exercise for the Morgan and for me!!
Lovely sunset for the drive home!
Happy New Year to all! Here's to a better 2021