Jawa - mug

Jawa ceramic mug

Mug capacity: 330 ml

Jawa 350

The Jawa 350, originating from Czechoslovakia, was the first non-Soviet motorcycle sold in the USSR after World War II. Jawa motorcycles competed for the attention of Soviet motorcycle touring enthusiasts with the Hungarian brand Pannónia, and until the 1990s, they had no equal. The beginnings of the Jawa 350 date back to the 1930s, but it was in the 1950s that the brand gained immense popularity – its motorcycles were exported to as many as 120 countries worldwide. From the 1960s to the 1990s, the Jawa 350 was particularly well-known and liked in Eastern Bloc countries, where its 132 km/h speed limit and air-cooled engine made a great impression. Motorcyclists immediately charmed by the Jawa might soon become impatient with its propensity for damage – sometimes the frame would bend at the back when carrying a second passenger, or clutch baskets would break off. Despite this, the Jawa 350, with an engine almost identical to that of the 1970s, is popular today in Latin American countries. If a Jawa can get through the Andes or the Amazon, no terrain will scare it.

The author of the drawing is Mariusz Felek Foltak.