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

10th International Jawa Yezdi Day celebrations

And we are back again for the 5th consecutive time and this time its a little different.

Yes, having grown in numbers over the years, we wanted to bring in the 10th year celebrations on an unusual note.

So we decided to ride out of the city and have our own get-together on the 8th of July 2012. This simple little affair will involve meeting up in the city and riding in small groups towards Tumkur. Our location is Shiva's Farm which is about 2 kms from Shivaganga town.

All interested Jawa and Yezdi bike owners are requested to register immediately with either of the following members. Registration fee is Rs 220/- for a bike with rider and Rs 370/- for rider and pillion.
Contact: Lokesh - 9880033994 or Amirt - 9880105455

Starting Points for Jawa Day Ride:

Starting Point - 1

Appanna - 98452 97723

Bowring Institute, St Marks Road
Assemble at 07:45 am

Starting Point - 2 (1st Pick-up)

Pavan Ramakrishna - 99163 26386

PESIT, 3rd Stage Banashankari
Starting at 08:00 am

Starting Point - 2 (2nd Pick-up)
Prakash Dreams - Garden Resturant. Opp Bus Depot, After Magadi Road Flyover
Starting at 08:20 am

Starting Point - 3

Kennith - 9916560207
Opp Hebbal Lake Park (towards Tumkur Road)
Just after Hebbal Flyover (towards Tumkur Road)
Starting at 07:30 am

Below is a route map to reach the destination. Details of the meeting points will be shared in our next post.

Feel free to call us: BJYMC

Amrit Appaiah - 98801 05455
Brian - 98861 01005
Samuel John (Sam) - 96116 78845
Lokesh - 98800 33994