Jawa is alive

[wild foamy]

Hey peeps.

for soem reason i had a massive urge to work on the Jawa today, so out came the shovel, can of easy-start and a foot pump and within no time it was exhumed from the weeds and shrubs at the end of the garden.

now, one thing it needs is a headlight as i dropped a big adjustable spanner on the original one and smashed it... i need a headlight that measures no more than 7" wide and 5" high, which other bikes use a square headlight with those dimensions? preferably not more than £20 as im a skinflint

compared to the XJ, the Jawa now feels small, and compared with the old DT the XJ is a tank...

[mervin]

CG125 DT/RD125 are possibilities for the headlight

[wild foamy]

awesome, will keep a lookout for a second hand headlight.

got some funny looks from the gate guards as we unloaded it from the trailer and in a cloud of blue smoke i half rode/half pushed it up the incline to get to the car park, was only running on one cylinder with the occasional pop from the second, but all is well and the jawa is now sat in the car park next to my XJ

[drewpy]

well done foams, with age comes responsibility! (to the Jawa)

[wild foamy]

work continued today, flushed the carb out with fresh fuel, cleaned the spark plugs, put in some fresh mix of 50:1 petroil, and sure enough with a bit of coaxing it is now running on both pots, spent most of this afternoon giving 'er a good thrashing around the airfield perimiter (remember that scene from top gun where an F-14 flies past tom cruise when hes on the GPZ900?... yeh, was like that but slightly less dignified)

= A happy foamy