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Jawa - The forever bike
Jawa - The forever bike
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Jawa – The Forever Bike celebrates the remarkable revival of one of motorcycling’s most cherished names. When Classic Legends announced the return of Jawa to India, scepticism was rife, but the reborn motorcycles proved that timeless design, engaging performance and modern engineering could coexist. More than a story of the new-era Jawa, this book traces the rich legacy of Ideal Jawa and Yezdi, the visionaries who built them, the racers who pushed their limits, the adventurers who rode them across continents, and the passionate enthusiasts who kept the legend alive. It is also a tribute to the formative years of Indian motorcycling, chronicling how a Czech icon found its greatest home in India and continues to inspire generations of riders.
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Share information about your brand with your customers. Describe a product, make announcements, or welcome customers to your store.Among the three pioneer Indian motorcycle brands, Ideal Jawa India Ltd. was probably the most legendary of them all! In its lifespan it must have made just about 5.5 lakh units but these went on to shape motorcycling for a couple of generations of Indian bike buffs for whom nothing else would do! And this enthrallment continues to this very day not least of which is the revival of Jawa as a motorcycle brand once again on the Indian market.
This book is an in-depth look at one of Indian motorcycling’s greatest names from its earliest humble beginnings as an import, to small scale assembly and then to full-fledged production by one of India’s greatest authorities on automotive history – Adil Jal Darukhanawala. This book is testament to his diligent research spread over almost 43 years of his having put pen to paper writing on motorsport, cars and bikes in India. The Jawa, especially the Type 353 in Czech parlance or the Model A in Ideal Jawa-speak was a motorcycle that transcended time and societal barriers, at ease on the proverbial milk runs to being the darling of the carefree youth of the 1960s-1980s era to satisfying the need-for-speed of Indians eager to burn up the race tracks. In fact right from the beginning of production in 1961, Jawas etched themselves into the psyche of Indian motorcyclists making them and the Yezdi that followed a household name in India. Never before has there been a marque history penned on a pure Indian classic and Adil has now set that right.
After almost two decades of the brand having been missing from Indian roads, if not Indian hearts, Jawa is back, with an all-inclusive Indian effort drawing on the legacy of Ideal Jawa but recreated by Classic Legends. Quite a nice way to round off a new revolution for a Czech classic that yet might have an Indian summer.