Jawa Motorcycles, an iconic brand name which is about to be resurrected in India, has found its power source. Called as a befitting testament to the old Jawa engine, the new motor is a 293cc, liquid cooled, single cylinder, DOHC unit which will churn out 27 bhp and 28 Nm of torque. It is tuned to deliver generous amounts of power in the mid-range and will draw a flat torque curve on the graph for its goodness to be always available on tap.
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During the development of the motor, the brief they had was to keep the engine free-revving, yet, it had to be sporty and still match the classic Jawa DNA. The motor has been developed by Classic Legends Pvt. Ltd, a lifestyle start-up, formed in 2015, who worked with one of the world’s leading engine specialist at the technical center in Varese, Italy. Together, they’ve managed to build a motor which is strong enough to last a lifetime.
Apart from the aesthetics and power delivery, the unique exhaust note of the old Jawa was something that also had to be recreated. The new engine needed to have a unique sound, given that replicating the tone of a classic 2-stroke on a modern day 4-stroke would have been a big challenge. However, a maverick team of sound engineers in Italy worked extensively with Classic Legends through countless cycles of harmonic pipe combinations and multiple other permutations to discover a sound that was worthy of the new Jawa.
While the engine needed to be built with a reminiscent sameness it needed to be an engine of the future. Hence, the engine has been built on a BS6 ready platform.