GS500=the perfect replacement for my trusty 1977 Jawa TS350!

[treehouse99]

I'm very pleased w/ my new GS500. I'm not kidding- it has many of the great qualities the Jawa has, simple, reliable only w/ modern-day brakes and lighting. Even the physical size is about the same. The only things missing are the built-in sidecar lugs- but that's another story.

[BaltimoreGS]

Welcome to the GS club!  Get ready to be berated for not posting a pic....

-Jessie

[johnny ro]

Jawa is still alive!! I hadn't heard of them for so long. Their site shows 350 in 4 models, slightly modernized, only the police edition is sold in EU, its probably been 40 years since any were sold in USA.

On GS500 yes it nice mix of basic machinery and nice styling and fun to ride.

[The Buddha]

Jawa 350 eh ... They introduced it in India 2 stroke twin with 1 carb a sorta watered down RD350 ...
Cool.
Buddha.

[gregvhen]

quit telling lies on here. you dont have a gs500. i can tell by your not posting a picture.

[the mole]

Jawa 350 eh ... They introduced it in India 2 stroke twin with 1 carb a sorta watered down RD350 ...
Cool.
Buddha.

Sorta watered down?? You'd have to remove one carb and cylinder off an RD to even come close to that slow.

[bassmechanicsz]

he has posted alot of pics as he just got his GS in the crate and posted pictures of the bike being uncrated.

[The Buddha]

Jawa 350 eh ... They introduced it in India 2 stroke twin with 1 carb a sorta watered down RD350 ...
Cool.
Buddha.

Sorta watered down?? You'd have to remove one carb and cylinder off an RD to even come close to that slow.

Yes I agree. RD in India was already the watered down version BTW. Also a lot of high performance RD stuff came out of India cos there it was made till the late 90's if I recall.
The 350 Jawa was rebranded the Yezdi in india and was very short lived.
Cool.
Buddha.

[gregvhen]

he has posted alot of pics as he just got his GS in the crate and posted pictures of the bike being uncrated.

my bad didnt know it was the same guy. yea i seen your crate pics.  never saw a full side veiw though.

[jeniajuk]

jawa 360 (1966)+ engine suzuki gs 500
http://buggy-plans.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9370&sid=71174338f69169532119c73c0c51a34c

[GS500F2004]

Holy thread revival batman, but that's a nice modification.

Jawa...didn't even know they were still in business!

[sledge]

Jawa are still going and popular in eastern European countries. They never sold well in the west owing to the fact they are still an archaic design and we have all but banned 2-stokes. Still see a few on the show circuits and the combos have a bit of a following but they are expensive for what they are and people prefer to buy a used Japanese machine for similar money.

Wanna buy one?      http://www.jawamotorcycles.co.uk/home.html

At one time they used to include a bigger front sprocket in the toolkit, the idea was you fitted it AFTERthe bike had run in 

[The Buddha]

jawa 360 (1966)+ engine suzuki gs 500
http://buggy-plans.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9370&sid=71174338f69169532119c73c0c51a34c

I dunno, is the GS500 not registrable in your country ?
The GS had a fantastic frame. You've put that in the jawa which had a 2 stroke to start with. The 350 twin 2 stroke out of the jawa going in the GS frame would have been a fun swap.
This seems to put the worst parts of the 2 into 1 ...
Cool.
Buddha.

[jeniajuk]

I dunno, is the GS500 not registrable in your country ?
The GS had a fantastic frame. You've put that in the jawa which had a 2 stroke to start with. The 350 twin 2 stroke out of the jawa going in the GS frame would have been a fun swap.
This seems to put the worst parts of the 2 into 1 ...
Cool.
Buddha.

registered registrable we GS500
But I love jawa 360 And I got two in one origenale
Only the engine jawa very weak so I changed it to 500 gs it suits me Sorry for the curve Search result

[steezin_and_wheezin]

Have heard of jawa mopeds, didn't even know they made moto's! Learn something new everyday

[sledge]

The 350 twin 2 stroke out of the jawa going in the GS frame would have been a fun swap.

A fun swap??

Less than 25hp, 6v electrics, premixed fuel, a power band the width of a pube, a 0-60 time that most tractors could beat and 70mph flat out?.........I don't think I could contain myself 

These things are no RD/RZ 

[The Buddha]

Yea I guess its an anaemic bugger. But still a GS frame is better than that frame.
Cool.
Buddha.

[jeniajuk]

The 350 twin 2 stroke out of the jawa going in the GS frame would have been a fun swap.

A fun swap??

Less than 25hp, 6v electrics, premixed fuel, a power band the width of a pube, a 0-60 time that most tractors could beat and 70mph flat out?.........I don't think I could contain myself 

These things are no RD/RZ 

to be exact is 18 hp

[Erika]

Huh? Why?