Good old Jawa memories

Guest Post
Author: Richard Route

My first memories of a Jawa was when I was around 12, I used to hang around a friend's garage who used to specialize in repairing Jawas mainly. I was fortunate to own my first Jawa bike when I was 15. It was a restoration job, picked it in a junk condition for a few hundred rupees and brought it back to life.

 

Back in the day, there were only Indian bikes. Jawa, Yezdi, Bullet and Rajdoot where the prominent ones and getting the maximum power out of them was a preoccupation of all bikers. From fine tuning, changing the front chain sprocket to increasing compression, modifications to the mufflers to get the best beats, modifications to make it look different, we have tried it all.

Richard Route with his modified Yezdi

We also used to do a lot of cross country riding and never had any problem with the bikes. The Jawa is built strong and never gives up. We did stunts, jumps, wheelies and skidding. The Jawa was an all rounder. I remember extended the swing arm and fitting an 18 inch wheel on the rear and lifted the rear end just to give the bike a racy look.

I now live in Perth, Australia and own a Kawasaki ZZR 1200 which is awesome but the excitement of riding my Jawa / Yezdi is more memorable to me.

Richard's Kawasaki ZZR 1200 in Australia

I keenly follow the BJYMC Facebook page and feel nostalgic. Can imagine the sound and feel of the bikes when you all gather for the Jawa Day celebrations. What an awesome feeling that must be. I look forward to being a part of this year's International Jawa Day celebrations (9th of July 2017) thru all your photos and videos.

All the best guys, keep riding and stay safe.

A Jawa Fan,

Richard Route

richardroute@gmail.com

Pre-event coverage for 9th International Jawa Yezdi Day

The Bangalore media have been constantly supporting us all these years and have helped us drive more visitors to the annual day event. We would like to thank them for their consistent support.

This year like the last two years, we did a small get-together outside the press club with about 10 bikes to promote the forthcoming International Jawa Yezdi Day on the 10th of July.

Here are three media articles that talk about this event. You can click on the image to enlarge it further.

Deccan Herald - Riding on a passion
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/171973/riding-passion.html

Deccan Chronicle -Oldies will roar on roads for a cause
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/bengaluru/oldies-will-roar-roads-cause-308

Udayavani - 19th June

MyBangalore.com
Jawa Yezdi bikers meet in Bangalore

http://www.mybangalore.com/article/0711/jawa-yezdi-bikers-meet-in-bangalore.html

Pls spread the word about our Annual Jawa Yezdi Day and look forward to seeing you all on the 10th of July.

Venue: Tasker Town BBMP Grounds (Shivajinagar Ground)
Behind Shivajinagar Bus Stand and Mosque, Nr Hotel Harsha.


Brian,
BJYMC

8th International Jawa Yezdi Annual Meet coming up on 11th July in Bangalore

Been a while since we posted our club updates but we have been quite active on our Facebook Group Bangalore Jawa Yezdi Motorcycle Club - 2007 and with regular meetings at Airlines Hotel and monthly rides. Do follow us on the Facebook group to get more regular updates.

The month of June has been quite hectic for us as we are planning hard to make sure the International Jawa Day event turns out to be a resounding success like last year. This year we are expecting over 400 bikes at Sri Kanteerva Stadium and this will surely be a sight for sore eyes.

Here are some quick facts about the event:

Date: 11th July 2010

Time: 7am - 9am

Flag Off: 9.30am by chief guest

The details of the route will be shared at a later date once all necessary permissions are in place.

To register, pls contact Lokesh - 9880033994 or Amrit - 9880105455 at the earliest and do let them know if you require a special t-shirt.

Look forward to meeting u all soon.

Adios Amigos