Hey Barb! 1973 Jawa362 California Oilmaster with Velorex 560

jayel

I'd snap it up myself but already got a couple of two-smokers

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Barbara

Oh, Man!! If I had the $$$ to spare, I'd have that this time tomorrow! A friend had a Jawa Californian back when they were new, and it seemed powerful and exotic, especially next to my BSA Bantam. I loved riding on the back of it, and smelling the aroma of burning oil.....

And the sidecar! Talk about icing on the cake! I want it, I want it----but alas, with the passing of the years comes a modicum of intellect, and I will choose to spend my money on the bikes I already have, and when they are *all* running, I'll look around. (And they'll never all be running.....)

Sure is sweet, though. Maybe I should buy just one little lotto ticket..... Rolling Eyes

jayel

they started putting oil injection on the bikes in the late 60's early 70's? now it's smokless (more or less) on that little Aermacchi of mine, on the gas cap (has a cup on the bottom for mixing) it give a mix ratio of 3 capfuls of 40W Motor Oil per gallon (about 6oz.) can you say misquito control? the local H-D dealer in Ottumwa, IA pop.30K where I grew up sold 239 of those little buzz bombs 2nd in the US, one dealer out in Cali sold a few more but Saturday night downtown looked like fog with all those little bikes running around scooping the loop, ah youth is wasted on the young

jimmythetrucker · Full Member Joined: Mar 12, 2008 Posts: 1283

jayel -- I was in on that craze. My very first bike was an oil-injected, 80cc, 1965 Yamaha, cost me $400. All the kids were buyin' 'em. The craze had it that the two-stroke engines were faster than the four-stroke engines. It was true for a time. My little 80cc Yam used to kick 90cc Hondas all over the street. But THEN Honda came out with that Super 90, and the OHC four-strokers wiped us two-strokers out. Honda started to rule other Jap manufacturers at that point, and they stayed in the saddle for many years after. I mean the two-strokers had flashes of greatness: There was the 250cc Suzuki X6 Hustler and the Kawasaki triples. But they were just flashes. The OHC four-stroke arrangement made Honda king of the street.

Barbara

Hi Guys,

Two-stroke bikes--oh, yeah! My first two--the aforementioned BSA Bantam (1949 D-1 125cc oil-burner) and a 1959 Ld-125 Lambretta scooter. It had the little cup in the gas cap that Jayel mentioned, and I had to carry around a quart of oil in the little tool box. (A special container, I might add---this was back in the days of the round oil cans with the "push-through" metal spout that assumed that you would use the whole quart....)

I loved those bikes--and the YDS-3 Yammie and the X-6 I had, but alas, I too fell for the siren song of the OHC four-stroke, in the form of a CA-95 150cc Honda. Then came the Harley (huge 80" flattie) and then my first real bike: a 1959 A-10 BSA Rocket. Not *that* was a bike!

I do remember that the fastest bike in the neighborhood for a long time was a 50cc Tohatsu Runpet. It would dance away from that BSA Bantam without trying, and besides, it had a neat little tiny windshield over the speedo. Looked like a racer.....

Great times. No special license, no helmet, insurance was about $35.00 a year for a scooter......and it was a toss-up which was the fastest thing on the road: a Bonneville, an Atlas, or a Sportster. Sigh......

Anybody buy that Jawa yet? Confused

jayel

was your flat 80 UL 4.5:1 or the high compression ULH 5.5:1? and xsjohn thinks he's on to something, I think he's just on something, period. lol

Barbara

ULH--big old red beautiful bike, with rigid rear, springer front, center-pole seat, manual spark advance on the left handgrip, and a tank shift. It had been a sidecar bike and had a 3-speed gearbox with reverse! So much fun......

I sure wish I had it now....it had more class than all the new Harley models combined....

jimmythetrucker · Full Member Joined: Mar 12, 2008 Posts: 1283

I loved the roll-on spark advance. My friend Larry had one of those but without the sidecar. Sold the thing to a little skinny, grizzly character who used to introduce himself as "Bucky the Harelip" (I sh*t you not). Bucky used to run the pumps at the truckstop where everybody ate lunch. He was married to this one-legged gal (born that way) named Selma. The motorcycle wrecked their marriage -- but that's another story

650skull · Support Staff Joined: Jul 19, 2007 Posts: 1186

jimmythetrucker wrote:

y "Bucky the Harelip" Bucky used to run the pumps at the truck stop where everybody ate lunch. He was married to this one-legged gal (born that way) named Selma. The motorcycle wrecked their marriage --

Sounds like a Frank Zappa song Laughing

jimmythetrucker · Full Member Joined: Mar 12, 2008 Posts: 1283

skull sez "Sounds like a Frank Zappa song."

Jimmy sez Yup. Yer right. It's a good story, too, but I'm saving it. Nobody here likes me, anyway.

650skull · Support Staff Joined: Jul 19, 2007 Posts: 1186

Hugs Jimmy

jayel

jimmythetrucker wrote:

Nobody here likes me, anyway.

well you have to consider who we're dealing with Shocked

steelburner

Ah, I love ring-dings. Used to ride a 250cc Jawa "twingle" and its little brother CZ 125s and 150's back in the early days ... '53 or so. Owned an old basket-case (literally) Zundapp that I rode during the early 60's, then a brand-new Yamaha AT-1B, then a Honda 165 and then ... nothing until I bought my '82 XS650 last year.

One day last month, coming home from shooting black powder matches, I heard a fascinating bumblebee sound as I peeled off onto the service road. Looked up ... saw three Kawa H1s and/or H2s at speed. Wow! What a thrill! Must have been a club ride ...

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