Motorcycle
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Standard/Twin Cyl/500cc/2cyc
- DATE
- 1955
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1980.0774.001
- MANUFACTURER
- JAWA MOTOKOV LTD.
- MODEL
- 500 OCH
- LOCATION
- Prague, Czechoslovakia
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 4295
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL FRAME/ METAL PARTS/ CHROMED HANDLE BARS, LOWER FRONT FORKS, WHEEL RIMS, FUEL TANK SIDE PANELS/ LEATHER SEAT/ RUBBER TIRES, KNEE GRIPS/ SYNTHETIC REAR LIGHT LENS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 210.0 cm
- Width
- 67.0 cm
- Height
- 103.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Motorcycle vehicles
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- JAWA
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Prague
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
General transportation - Technical
-
JAWA Motokov is a motorcycle manufacturer based in Czech Republic. It was founded in Prague by František Janecek, who bought the motorcycle division of Wanderer in 1929. The name JAWA was established by connecting the first letters of Janecek and Wanderer. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR PLATE IN CENTER OF HEADSTOCK READS: 'JAWA [LOGO]/ MADE IN CZECHOLOVAKIA/ CISLO STROIE 004295/ TYP 15/ ROK VY RDBY 195/ OBSAM VALCU cm3 488/ VYKON MOTORU K/N 28/5500/ VAHA STROJE Kg 162'/ STAMPED INTO CRANKCASE CENTER FRONT IS: '15-002854'/ STAMPED INTO REAR LEFT FORK IS: '15004295'/ 'JAWA' [LOGO] ON BOTH SIDES OF FUEL TANK & ON RIGHT CYLINDER HEAD ACCESS CAP IN CAST RAISED LETTERS
- Missing
- MOST WIRING/ CABLES/ NUTS & BOLTS/ INTERIOR HEADLIGHT CASE
- Finish
- FRAME, FRONT FORKS, HEADLIGHT CASE ALL PAINTED WITH (UNDERCOAT?) ORANGE/ FUEL TANK & OIL TANK PAINTED (ORIGINAL?) RED/ YELLOW SEAT/ BLACK TIRES, KNEE GRIPS
- Decoration
- N/A
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JAWA MOTOKOV LTD., Motorcycle, 1955, Artifact no. 1980.0774, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1980.0774.001/
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