the new Jawa

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the new Jawa

Post by horobags » Tue Nov 27, 2018 2:35 pm

very interesting, now made in India, with 'premiun Italian engineering'. I hope they come to the UK.
https://www.jawamotorcycles.com/motorcycles

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Re: the new Jawa

Post by wightegi » Tue Nov 27, 2018 3:49 pm

£1715 in India ,real Jawas are 2 smoke :lol: :lol:

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Re: the new Jawa

Post by wightegi » Tue Nov 27, 2018 4:01 pm

There you are ,the real deal for the price of a Super Cub http://www.jawamotorcycles.co.uk/350Classic.html

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Re: the new Jawa

Post by bikerbaker » Tue Nov 27, 2018 4:16 pm

Definitely need to visit F2 Motorcycles sometime next year!

Love the look of the 350 OHC Racer. :D

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Re: the new Jawa

Post by Diesel Dave » Tue Nov 27, 2018 4:54 pm

Tall seat height on both the 2t and latest 4t models, has me in tip-toes.

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Re: the new Jawa

Post by Capitano » Wed Nov 28, 2018 12:33 am

The year was 1986, a year after I'd spent 4 months on the road on an old MZ150 I'd picked up for free, "finding myself," before returning to North Notts.

I had a month to kill, a new girlfriend, and some mates doing a punk rock tour in Somerset, Devon, Cornwall and Dorset.

What I didn't have was a lot of spare cash. Whist visiting Pollards Motorcycles in Dinnington, George Pollard turned up with a mid 70s Jawa 350 634 oilmaster in the back of his pickup.

It was taxed and MOT'd for 6 weeks. George started it up in a cloud of smoke on the back of the pickup. I gave him £40 and he dropped it round to my house.

I pumped up the tyres, oiled the chain, stuck some lawnmower grade 2 stroke oil in. We strapped several Army stores knapsacks to it, my old tent and 2 sleeping bags and set off for Somerset. Nothing notable happened to the Jawa. It was slow, smoked like a pit chimney and handled like a pissed pig on a skateboard. It was reasonably economical, and its Barum tyres didn't grip on any surface whatsoever.

I'm guessing we put 1200-1500 miles on it that month. It was a guess because the speedo, and hence the mileometer, decided each day whether it wanted to work or not. Fortunately it was so obnoxiously noisy that you could tell what speed you were going by it's blaaahhh-blaaahhhing exhaust note and clattering, rattling bearings.

The relationship didn't last (despite said girlfriend being even dirtier than the Jawa) and when we returned home, I took the Jawa down to the lawnmower centre in Worksop, and had 12 months MOT put on it, then sold it for £70 to a bloke who intended to commute 60 miles a day on it to his night shift job. I made sure his route didn't go past my bedroom, which overlooked the A60!

It's probably still going.

It wasn't this one but looked very similar, though mine was a tad dirtier. 8-)
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Re: the new Jawa

Post by knapdog » Wed Nov 28, 2018 1:07 pm

Were you in The Wurzels, cap'n?

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Re: the new Jawa

Post by Capitano » Wed Nov 28, 2018 2:33 pm

knapdog wrote:
Wed Nov 28, 2018 1:07 pm
Were you in The Wurzels, cap'n?
They were a bit before my time I'm afraid. I remember them being on TOTP in the 70s and my Grandad was a fan, and bought their records. I assumed that they were around my Grandad's age.

In 1989 I treated Mrs Capitano to a weekend at Alton Towers. The Wurzels were playing there in one of those comebacks where people found them ironic instead of just annoying.

We met them, quite by accident, in the theme park. They looked exactly the same as they did before. By my initial calculations they should be getting telegrams from the Queen by now, but instead they are probably still playing Butlins camps somewhere. :lol:

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Re: the new Jawa

Post by Tranberg » Wed Nov 28, 2018 2:44 pm

Honda ripped off the gear-lever operated clutch from a JAWA moped, and the 175 single and 250/350 twin JAWAs had it as well, but instead of a centrifugal clutch for starting, they had a traditional hand lever.

They have retained that feature, as well as the gear lever doubling for kick starter!! Source: https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=324118

Here's how it sounds: https://youtu.be/Nl5oxyvzdfk
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Re: the new Jawa

Post by Capitano » Wed Nov 28, 2018 2:54 pm

Tranberg wrote:
Wed Nov 28, 2018 2:44 pm

They don't disclose on the website if the current 2-smokes have retained the foot clutch.
I know that they did up to the mid 90s at least.

Chief Keith, known to a few folks on here, had a mid '90s Jawa 639 350 and that definitely did, along with the combined kickstart and gear lever.

I was half tempted to buy it when he sold it, but I managed to think rationally when faced with nostalgia, and didn't. :lol:

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