Ideal Jawa Ltd was an Indian motorcycle

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 company based in Mysore, sold licensed Jawa

Jawa Motors

Jawa is a motorcycle manufacturer in the Czech republic, formerly Czechoslovakia. The name was created after its founder, Frantisek Janecek, bought the motorcycle division of Wanderer in 1929 , by concatenating the first letters of Janeček and Wanderer...

 and ČZ

Ceská Zbrojovka Strakonice

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 motorcycles beginning in 1960 under the brand name Jawa and later Yezdi. The catchphrase for the bikes sold by the firm was "Forever bike forever value".

Etymology

Frantisek Janecek began manufacturing Wanderer motorcycles under licence in 1927 in order to diversify the interests of his arms factory. Having bought the tooling for a 500 cc model, in 1929 he rebranded the machine with the name JAWA, derived from the first two letters of the words "Janacek" and "Wanderer".

Models

There have been many models of this brand before the company shut its doors in 1996.
Their various models included:

• Jawa 250 Type 353/04 Kyvacka called 'A' Type (under licence)
• Jawa 50 Jet 'A' Series known as Pionyr in Czechoslavakia (under licence)
• Yezdi 60 Jet 'B' Series
• Yezdi 250 'B' Type
• Yezdi 250 Oilking (CB Points and Oil Pump) 'C' Type
• Yezdi 250 Roadking (CB Points) 'C' Type
• Yezdi D250 Classic 'D' Type
• Yezdi 250 CL II 'D' Type
• Yezdi B250 Deluxe 'D' Type
• Yezdi 250 Deluxe 'D' Type
• Yezdi 250 Roadking (CDI) 'C' Type
• Yezdi 60 Colt
• Yezdi 60 Colt Deluxe
• Yezdi 175 (CB Points)
• Yezdi 175 Deluxe (CDI)
• Jawa / Yezdi 350 Twin Type 634
• Yezdi 250 Monarch 'C' Type
• Yezdi 250 Supersprint (never released)

The 'A', 'B', 'C' & 'D' Types are the model of Engine that particular bike has.

Ideal Jawa also exported many of the above models to over 61 countries around the world including Turkey, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Egypt and others. Guatemala

Guatemala

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 was supplied with custom White Yezdi Roadkings for their Police forces.

Chronological order of models produced

1. Jawa 250 Type 353/04 Kyvacka called 'A' Type (Under Licence) - Kyvacka meaning "Swinger" for bikes with a Swing Arm

• with Tank Switch - 1961-62 (Imported Engines, bikes assembled in India).
• with milling hub 1963-69
• without milling hub 1970-72.
• with dimple tank (Kneepad Rubber) - 1973-74.

2. Jawa 50 Jet 'A' Series known as Pionyr in Czechoslavakia (Under Licence) - 1961-1964

3. Yezdi 60 Jet 'B' Series

• 1968-1980 - Straight handle bar
• 1981-1988 - Curved handle bar

4. Yezdi 250 'B' Type

• with Flower head - 1974
• with Vertival fins - 1975-80

5. Yezdi 250 Oilking (CB Points and Oil Pump) 'C' Type - 1976-77

6. Yezdi 250 Roadking (CB Points) 'C' Type

• Sold on Premium for US$ - 1976-83
• without Premium - 1983-93

7. Yezdi D250 Classic 'D' Type - 1979 onwards

8. Yezdi 250 CL II 'D' Type - 1985 onwards

9. Yezdi B250 Deluxe 'D' Type - 1985 onwards

10. Yezdi 250 Deluxe 'D' Type - 1986 onwards

11. Yezdi 250 Roadking (CDI) 'C' Type

• 1993-94 - Jap nippon CDI
• 1994-96 - Indo nippon CDI

12. Yezdi 60 Colt - 1980-88

13. Yezdi 60 Colt Deluxe - 1988 onwards

14. Yezdi 175 (CB Points) - 1989

15. Yezdi 175 Deluxe (CDI) - 1991-94

16. Jawa / Yezdi 350 Twin Type 634 - 1987-89.

17. Yezdi 250 Monarch 'C' Type - 1995

18. Yezdi 250 Supersprint (Never Released)

End of production

When the company was forced to shut down, it was producing the 175, Monarch, Deluxe, Road Kings and CL II. The main reason for the company's collapse was labor trouble and increasing levels of pollution control norms which were making the two stroke bikes that the company produced obsolete.

The low mileage(35-40), increasing fuel costs contributing factors to the low sales of the vehicle. Moreover, the new 100 cc two-stroke and four-stroke bikes had better fuel efficiency and low maintenance.

In motorsports

Ideal Jawa had factory teams for both road races at Sholavaram

Sholavaram

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 and the National Motorcycle Rally Championships.Their close rivals were Royal Enfield

Royal Enfield

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 Bullets, Rajdoot Yamaha RD350

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, Yamaha RX100

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 and TVS Suzuki Shogun.

External links

• www.yezdi.com