Guilty pleasure: Am I wrong to really want one of these:

[MarJay]

https://www.jawamotorcycles.co.uk/images/Jawa_tent1_400.jpg

Its a Jawa 350 Sport. Brand new, air cooled two stroke twin.

https://www.jawamotorcycles.co.uk/images/Jawalh_400.jpg

https://www.jawamotorcycles.co.uk/images/Jawarh_400.jpg

https://www.jawamotorcycles.co.uk/images/Jawafront_400.jpg

Its ugly, it won't be fast but I bet its a farking hoot!
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[Rowey]

https://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/10/3/128675086795791132.jpg
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[Frost]

WHY?!

[Casper]

That looks like an 80s powerbronze fairing on it.

[bazza]

Is the tent for sale? How much?
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[Casper]

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Why do people pitch their tents with no slack in them.
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[MarJay]

I love it because its ugly, slow and its a two stroke. Stick a set of offensive spannies on there and I'm sure it would embarrass big bikes.
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[Gazdaman]

[rac3r]

Ditch the fairing and make it a nekid and it would be pretty cool
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[27cows]

Go for a proper Jawa, ideally with a chair. Fabulous old war horses, them
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[stinkwheel]

It's a model 640 Jawa from around 1990 with an auto oiler and a fancy digital dash. I think that one also has an electric start bodged onto the side of the primary transmission cover. Fuck knows where they got them from because I thought they'd stopped making the things a while ago. I suspect they are either being manufactured in the far east somewhere or someone found a warehouse full.

There is absolutely no way on earth they have UK type approval for them so they must be being imported and registered individually because the emissions they produce are immense. They were pushing their luck back in the early 90's and were bringing them in with the oil pump set lean as hell to get them through the test (they were designed to run on 40:1, later ones were set to 50:1 and got away with it. Latterly they were running 70:1 and seizing).

It'll overheat like a motherfucker with that fairing on, they've tried this before with the model 638 "de-luxe" which I had about 15 years ago (same bike but pre-mix and points ignition).

They are truly horrible in a marmite kind of way. I have an occasional dalliance with them then get pissed off with the sucession of niggly faults and throw them in the back of the shed. There's two there now. If you really want one, get a second hand model 638 or 640 off ebay for a hundred quid and stick an aftermarket fairing on it. I paid £20 diesel money for my last one to be delivered to my house.

Pictured below, Jawa 638 de-luxe circa 1989
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[pepperami]

I actully like that and it`ll be a damm site easier to work on than some of the plastic hyper missiles that are around these days

Ok I might not want to go to Scotland and back on it, but as a local run-around/winter bike yes please.
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[Frost]

[bazza]

[Wilson12345]

https://s3.amazonaws.com/kym-assets/photos/images/original/000/140/431/1294991995091-(n1295996585117).png?1309085688

Each to their own! Get one bought
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[27cows]

The old Jawas did about 80. And that was accompanied by filling-loosening vibes, hideous racket and considerable smoking. Great fun
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[bazza]

[Cheeseybeaner]

[Gazdaman]