Manet M90

The M90 was Manet's first offering and was available from 1947 to 1951. Manet were a Czechoslovakian firm and continued until 1967 when they were taken over by Jawa. It looks like this brochure was produced in Czechoslovakia as a promotion to encourage export. As far as I know they never officially came in to the UK.

Jawa M90 brochure page 1.

Jawa M90 brochure page 2.

JAWA 353/04 1958

Flyer for the new Jawa 353/04 twin port 250cc two stroke single from 1958.

Jawa 353/04 front page.

Jawa 353/04 rear page.

JAWA 354/04 1958

As a motorcyclist living in the Soviet Union you may not have had a huge variety of bikes to choose from but at least they came in nice colours and were promoted with shiny brochures (for consumption in the West at least). What's more is that during the fifties a Jawa was a match for any machine of similar capacity from Britain, it was only through the later sixties and seventies that Eastern Bloc designs began to stagnate. Styling of the Jawa was spot on trend (Edward Turner even 'borrowed' the Jawa headlamp nacelle design for his postwar Speed Twin) and the bikes were a model of rugged, reliable simplicity combined with decent performance. Alas though, even with all they had to commend them, Jawas never sold in great numbers in the UK in the fifties.

Jawa 354/04 350cc two stroke twin, 1958.

Jawa 350cc tech spec.

The Grom Motorcycle Museum, Vransko, Slovenia part III

The final tranche of photos from the Grom collection in Vransko, Slovenia.

Cracking unrestored german Imme R100.
Very unusual and striking design. A lot of features
ahead of its time. Imme is German for Bee.

A late vintage swiss Motosacoche in the background
and a german Standard Rex Sport model from 1938
to the fore.

A trio of Indians. A 4, a Scout and a Prince.

Tomos 50cc racer.

ABC Scootermota.

Military corner. A Kettenkrad in the background,
a Welbike hiding away up on a shelf and a Moto
Guzzi Nuovo Falcone in the foreground.

Closer up on that Kettenkrad and a Zundapp KS750 Wehrmacht
combo from 1940 in front of it.

Late thirties DKW SB200 two stroke.

Lovely Jawa 500cc ohc twin. A beautifully
styled bike. The headlamp nacelle was allegedly
copied by Turner for Triumph and the engine
is fairly obviously inspiration for Kawasaki's
W650 despite claims that it is a Triumph clone.

Difficult to find an angle to take a photo of this
machine but I wanted to include it as it is a
bit unusual. On the face of it it looks like a fifties
NSU but look at the tank and it says NSU Pretis.
More below..

When NSU discontinued the 175 OSB Maxi model in 1963
production of it was taken up by the Pretis factory in Sarajevo,
former Yugoslavia. Pretis stands for Preduzeće Tito Sarajevo,
they also took on production of the Prima scooter and Prinz car.
Production continued until 1967 when the factory closed. 

Jawa 350 brochure 1950

Lovely stylish brochure from Jawa for their 1950 350. For 1950 the Jawa was quite an advanced bike - where did it all go wrong! Easy to see where the rumours that Mr Turner took his styling cues from Jawa for Triumph's famous nacelle come from...

1950 350cc Jawa brochure page 1.

1950 350cc Jawa brochure pages 2 & 3.

1950 350cc Jawa brochure pages 3.& 4

1950 350cc Jawa brochure pages 4 & 5.

1950 350cc Jawa brochure page 6.

CZ brochure 1950

The CZ brochure from 1950. I suspect not many made it to the UK. A pity as the bikes were certainly a match for any home produced lightweight.

1950 CZ brochure page 1.

1950 CZ brochure pages 2 & 3.

1950 CZ brochure page 4.