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

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

Join us - Independence Day ride to Nandi Hills on 15th Aug'09

On behalf of Bangalore Jawa Yezdi Motorcycle Club, i'd like to welcome you all to the Independence Day ride to Nandi hills. This is a good location to test the torque & power of our bikes on the hairpin curves and hill climb. So lets ride to celebrate our Independence.

1st Assembly point is outside Club on St Marks Rd at 6.30am sharp.
From here we ride to Hebbal Flyover where the second assembly point is opp Esteem Mall just after the Hebbal flyover. People are request to assemble here by 7am sharp.

Total ride distance is about 130kms up and down. You are requested to wear proper clothing, wear a helmet, carry updated documents and light snacks in case we do not find a proper hotel for breakfast.

You are also welcome to bring along your friends on their bikes as long as they stick to the basic riding rules and do not over speed.

Do feel free to call either of us for more info.

Brian - 9886101005 - brian.ammanna@gmail.com
Amrit Appaiah – 9880105455 – amrit.appaiah@gmail.com
Lokesh JM – 9880033994 - mail2lokeshjm@yahoo.co.in