Nothing new under the sun
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 7:39 am
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When our favourite Bavarian tractor maker re designed the boxer engine it moved the inlet and exhaust from back to front to top to bottom - from this picture Jawa thought of it first
Re: Nothing new under the sun
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 9:47 am
The Teutonic Tangerine wrote:File 15-02-2017, 07 46 08.jpegWhen our favourite Bavarian tractor maker re designed the boxer engine it moved the inlet and exhaust from back to front to top to bottom - from this picture Jawa thought of it first
I'd like one of those.
Re: Nothing new under the sun
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 10:53 am
That's an interesting looking bike - other than it being a Jawa, what model is it exactly?
Pete
Pete
Re: Nothing new under the sun
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 3:56 pm
milleplod wrote:That's an interesting looking bike - other than it being a Jawa, what model is it exactly?
Pete
No idea except it is a 500 boxer twin
Re: Nothing new under the sun
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 4:36 pm
I Googled! Jawa 500 type 824, 487cc, 27kW (30-odd bhp?)....they made 10 of them in the mid-80s apparently. Pretty looking bike.
Pete
Pete
Re: Nothing new under the sun
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 4:43 pm
milleplod wrote:I Googled! Jawa 500 type 824, 487cc, 27kW (30-odd bhp?)....they made 10 of them in the mid-80s apparently. Pretty looking bike.
Pete
Beauty is obviously in the eye of the beholder!
Just had a google. Surprisingly innovative for the time!
Re: Nothing new under the sun
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 4:55 pm
Herb wrote:milleplod wrote:I Googled! Jawa 500 type 824, 487cc, 27kW (30-odd bhp?)....they made 10 of them in the mid-80s apparently. Pretty looking bike.
Pete
Beauty is obviously in the eye of the beholder!
Just had a google. Surprisingly innovative for the time!
My ST's just as lovely.....
Pete
Re: Nothing new under the sun
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 5:17 pm
milleplod wrote:Herb wrote:milleplod wrote:I Googled! Jawa 500 type 824, 487cc, 27kW (30-odd bhp?)....they made 10 of them in the mid-80s apparently. Pretty looking bike.
Pete
Beauty is obviously in the eye of the beholder!
Just had a google. Surprisingly innovative for the time!
My ST's just as lovely.....
Pete
I agree I had two of them before the RT