jawa 592 250 Review

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jawa592's Review of jawa 592 250

12th Feb 2008

Overall Rating

4.5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Length of ownership
    17,nearly 18 years
  • Reliability
    5 stars
  • Year Manufactured
    1974
  • Build quality
    4 stars
Good Points

Reasonable price back in 1974 compared to japanese stuff .Design goes back to mid 1950`s,1974 was one of the last of this very stylish ,somewhat DanDare look, with semi automatic clutch ,almost a work of art on two wheels in my eyes.Meet loads of people who ask questions about the bike-Great all round fun in a slow`ish kind of way.Nice Czech built bike as one would expect from eastern europe


Bad Points

About 10 years behind japanese bikes in 1974.Slow top speed,oily two stroke engine,first gear ratio could have been better-too short.,there again you can start off in third gear at a push without it stalling.


General Comments

I love this bike and have riden the thing for 18 years(i`m the third owner) it has been wonderfully reliable -only broke down once and that was a fuse/fuse holder, done 47000 miles without a rebore only a couple of piston ring changes!!!It may have only 4 gears but it only needs 4 gears because the torque is good at 14 hp @ about 5000 rpm.These bikes tended to cosmetically deteriorate fairly quickly but reach a state when they seem to stop-out with the old paint brush and all is well again.The chrome was the worse,still never mind as i don`t expect anything else would`ve faired better.What i like about it is that it is simple,you do not need to be a highly trained mechanic to keep it going with a one cylinder,2 stroke engine life maybe slow but it is easy to keep it going and cheaply too-oh happy days compared to todays high tech expensive to run stuff.I have to admit the old girls getting a bit worn out now but i`ll keep her going without spending stupid sums of dosh on a proper restoration which i`ve never been into and when the time does come and the crank goes i`ll retire her to the shed-she dies with me which may well be sooner rather than later for the both of us!

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