Around 250 Jawa and Yezdi bikes take part in rally
Mysuru :
The roar and the thunder of Jawa and Yezdi bikes filled the air as around 250 Jawa-Yezdi bikes participated in the 13th International Jawa Day, celebrated every year on the second Sunday of July, oraganised by Jawa Friends Club, Mysuru in city this morning.
Jawa and Yezdi riders from across the district and from neighbouring districts of Kodagu, Hassan and Bengaluru took part in a rally as part of the yearly celebrations.
The rally – Mysuru Motorcycle Rally, which commenced at 9 am from the founder of Ideal Jawa Factory, F.K. Irani’s house in Nazarbad, passed through Nazarbad Main Road, Hardinge Circle, Gun House, Chamaraja Double Road, D. Devaraj Urs Road, JLB Road, Ramaswamy Circle, Saraswathipuram Fire Station, New Kantharaj Urs Road, Kukkarahalli Lake junction, Open Air Theatre Road, Hunsur Road, Temple Road and reached the place where the Jawa factory once stood before taking a small break.
The rally again moved towards Highway Circle, LIC Circle and concluded at Prestige Function Hall on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road where the riders were treated with lunch and refreshments.
Speaking to SOM after flagging off the rally along with Nazarbad Inspector R. Jagadish, Veteran racer and self-taught mechanic Somender Singh said that India used to import the Jawa CZ bikes from Czechoslovakia and used to assemble it and it was only after the then Maharaja of Mysuru, Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar who asked Industrialist F.K. Irani to set up a factory here in Mysuru that indigenous production started in 1961. He further added that when the contract with the Czechoslovakian company ended, the factory started its indigenous Yezdi bikes in 1972 and it became the world’s No. 1 bike due to its efficiency and simple mechanics.
One of the riders in the rally, Chandra Murthy, a Medical Superintendent by profession said that he has been riding the Jawa for the last 13 years and added that he was drawn towards the sound of the bike that is unique.
He also said that though the spare parts of the bike are tough to find, it has become easy for the owners to get spare parts due to the presence of some of the best Jawa mechanics in the city.
Classic Jawa bikes ranging from the Jawa 250 to Yezdi 250 Oil King, Yezdi 250 Roadking, Jawa 175, 250 Monarch and several other models were part of the rally.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Sunday – July 12th, 2015