c1975 Jawa 634 Motorcycle

Description

Jawa motorcycles have been in production since 1929, when Frantisek Janecek established the company in Prague, then in Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic). It is perhaps best known as a builder of fine racing bikes with a particular emphasis on speedway, dirt-track and ice racing, where their early 4-stroke engines were nicely suited. Interrupted by the Second World War it took until 1964 for Jawa to produce its millionth bike, but by 1976 2 million had been produced. Helping them reach this milestone was the 1974 introduction of the 350cc Type 634. This incorporated a 349cc twin-cylinder motor with a 2-stroke cycle, carried over from the utilitarian sixties Jawa bikes.