ROTFL I noticed that about the High bottoms and low tops ... I think he did mean the "low" tops...but maybe not the "high" bottoms ??


I think this thread should run ... amicably ... without "belittling" anybody or any "thing"....

I have a ZMA-R, a RX135 4speed and a Roadking 96 Model CDI. And I have slept with a P180CL and a P200 , plus two RX 135 5 speeders and a RXZ 97 model modded to a 5sp ......blah blah blah ...

So you know why I want to put my finger in the pie here


I am in the Yezdi camp this time :P. Let the games begin

This reminds me of the Yezdi 250 Classic owned by my dad. As a kid i was always fascinated by the loud twin exhausts that 'smoked' after the bike was turned off, not to mention how beautiful they sounded! The gear lever itself had to be cranked all the way back to double up as the starting lever, and that is just one thing that makes it so memorable. A fantastic bike which had to be sold off unfortunately. Bikes of that era have their own special place, and the modern bikes have their own significance.

Guys, I'm not even for a minute going to suggest a comparison between generations of Indian bikes. For that matter one mention of RD350 is enough to silence the "modern camp"! I love all bikes and when I see someone going around on a yezdi, I respect the guy for taking care of the bike to keep it running, in spite of repair issues.

I was only against the way bikers, of old bikes and new, were portrayed. I hope you take the Yezdi jokes in good spirit

Very nicely put up there. Agreed to most of the points..!!
To understand the Yezdi U need to own one, ride one & love one.

i like the fact about the jawa/yezdi 250s that they are/were the largest capacity single 2-stroke that you can get your hands on. the next closest is the enfield 200 or the Fury. Or one half of the RD!

The piston is huge on the jawa. And the simplicity of the engine and the design makes it really easy to work with.

I travelled all the way from Delhi to udaipur, chittor, Kota, Tonk and where not in rajasthan, just to source new parts for my jawa. Got lucky and came back with enough spares to build two bikes!!!

That same trip for my RXZ, i wouldnt have, but for the jawa, i say it was totally worth it!!

Let the wars begin...!!!

Guys firstly i wanted to portray the romance associated with a jawa/yezdi. Thats it...!!
I agree new bikes are a class apart, I agree they go faster are cheaper, are environmentally friendly. I agree they are more 'cool' to the eyes....but my point is..there is something special in a jawa/yezdi that no bike has.....not even an RD....RD is a GREAT machine....but a JAWA 350 twin is not greater...it is more romantic...its more enigmatic....its more....its more secretive....
Its like the difference between romance and a one night stand...!!!
I absolutely respect the new bikes....but i still believe there were more men back then...!!!!!

more men out there before... ummm... i agree but you are wrong!!:P
barely 20 years ago, electricity , tv s and fans weren t a given in country homes.
cities slept at 9 and it was dire emergency if ur friend had to knock your door after 8:30.
rush hour traffic in that era would hardly affect your decision as to what route u should take to avoid something called traffic. and you were rich if you had a bajaj scooter.... (here goes my rule of three inspired by a true fact... to get a bajaj... 3k rs+3 yrs waiting period or 3k of premium. now when was last u heard about a 100% premium?)
this is the era you are referring to.
most people in india who had bikes then would be style conscious or rich people, which considering the then state of democracy out there, would be with few exceptions, influential/mighty people... baahubalis type. mighty by penny or sword. these people would go out in night. go on long trips on bikes.
would employ an army of servants but none would be allowed to touch the ride. that era , in retrospect, evokes nostalgia.
but equating them with being man????
i d like to tell you,these 'men' lurked in the era when enfield india and yezdi made bikes here on shore. and these were much more affordable as compatred to classic metal, thereby making bikes generally accessible by 1970s.
but even before that, no vehicle was made in india, 2 or 4 wheels, whatever it was , it was rare, made abroad, imported, owned by super rich and well travelled and by default, exceptionally rare. so no mechanics out there, no spares shop... and you had to carry a puncture repair kit supplied with your ride to repair it all by yourself. even if in the middle of the night in a forest where wolves tigers or leopards weren t your imaginary fears you wuold have to get off and repair the flat tyre or a loose contact. you were half mechanics if you owned a bike/car back then. on highways after 6 pm, it would be suicidal. strangled like this, you could meet cobras, drunkards, bandits,dacoits in addition to our national animal and his kins.
further.. there were no guidebooks and no experienced/local travellers at the dhabas to give you useful advices, and you d be master of your sixth sense about whom to trust or ask directions to.
imagine!!!
still people had balls to go and they did it without ever slightly thinking that its an act of daring /bravery.
these people were 60-70 yo when in 1985, many 'men ' were riding yezdis and bullets.
and they would at time sigh and say, "if only you kids knew what being 'man' means."
however, bikes until this recent era u mentioned were faithful loe interests.
your best friend would not be able to kickstart it even if you 2 owned a similar model. that was the character.
this is extinct.
now a days, the more different bikes they make, the more they are same.
any novice can buy and ride a bike.
all it needs is an ignition key and a thumb.
you need absolutely no minimum skill to begin riding. nothing seperates men from boys now.
and hence... i support your feeling.
hats off to an era gone by.
cheers!!!
p.s.: once in my college parking lot, a friend of mine asked me if i knew where the kicklever of yezdi is?? (he borrowed the yezdi of yet another batchmate to take his gf on a ride, she was standing right behind him.)
i told him.
for next few weeks i felt like i am a lady killer or something.

oh man how i used to hate this bike "YEZDI" not because i dint like it , i was crazy after it , my elder cousin used to have one , and he never allowed me to ride it .

those days i was just 14 or 15 years old and used to ride my dads rajdoot 175 . my cousin used to tease me by saying if you can kick start it i will allow you to ride it , one day i got so excited and applied all my strength to kick it to life and the bike kicked back , it was a nasty kickback and i was growling in pain while my cousin was laughing on me .

after a few years when my legs were strong enough to kickstart a yezdi my cousin went and got himself a rx100

@thread starter: i dont agree with u and short and simple i consider all my vehicles to be of the fairer sex.

Funny. When I was small, I saw and knew of only two motorcycle. The Enfield Bullet and the Yezdi. I thought tough guys ride the Bullet and sissies ride the yezdi .

@all who dont agree with me...

i am no chavunist....but i still consider a jawa/yezdi to be more manly...just like a bullet being more manlier...!!

Chauvinism .... I don't think we are seeing chauvinism here. To each his own

But a yezdi .... you don't know it till you learn to tame the beast - oh the joys it can give you .... man....