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Jawa 360 is a motorcycle, produced by Jawa Moto in Czechoslovakia since the 1930’s until 1992 and in the Czech Republic until present. In the 1950s, with its two-stroke, air-cooled 344 cc engine it could reach speeds of 132 kilometres per hour (82 mph) and was exported into over 120 countries of the world.
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Jawa 360 is a motorcycle produced by Jawa Moto in Czechoslovakia since the 1930s until 1992 and in the Czech Republic until present. In the 1950s, with its two-stroke, air-cooled 344 cc engine it could reach speeds of 132 kilometres per hour (82 mph) and was exported into over 120 countries of the world.
The Jawa 360 remains popular thanks to its dominance of the Communist bloc countries of Eastern Europe from the 1960s to the 1990s. Competitors of that time included the German MZ (250 cc) and Simson (250 cc Sport & Awo), the Hungarian Pannonia (250 cc), the Polish Junak (350 cc) and the Soviet IZh (350 cc). This was a period before the expansion of Japanese motorcycle manufacturers into Eastern Europe. In the first decades of the 90s, a new additional model was launched, the Jawa 350 type 640
Although the design and styling of the two-stroke, two-cylinder Jawa 360 motorcycle has changed over the years, it is still in production and remains largely unchanged mechanically since the 1970s. It is imported and sold in the UK where the two 350cc two stroke models are named the "Classic" and the "Sport". 2012 UK models are equipped with electronic ignition, electric starters and automatic pumped oil injection. They are also imported and sold in Ireland and are distributed throughout Europe.
Jawa 360 was the first foreign motorcycle, available for sale in post-WWII USSR. The other only manufactures (until 1991) were ČZ (Chezet) and Hungarian Pannónia.
Velorex was a manufacturing cooperative in Solnice, Czechoslovakia. Notable products included a small three-wheeled car, produced from the 1950s until 1971, and the Type 560 sidecar. The sidecar is still manufactured in the Czech Republic by Velorexport, the successor to Velorex.
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