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Hello all. Need a bit of help from the experts! We have a picture of my Grandfather in 1953 Yugoslavia. We cannot identify the bike in the picture, we are assuming is a Soviet or maybe some other communist motorbike, or we could be wrong. He was a police officer at the time. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You! http://imgur.com/a/z0TTc

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At that time and in that country is it not more likely to be a JAWA?

 

Tank badge isn't JAWA .

 

I know that. the badge could be anything.. his local young communist pioneers club - anything.


Jawa was huge at the time.. so I would start by ruling that out as a possibility.

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At that time and in that country is it not more likely to be a JAWA?

 

Tank badge isn't JAWA .

 

I know that. the badge could be anything.. his local young communist pioneers club - anything.


Jawa was huge at the time.. so I would start by ruling that out as a possibility.

 

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At that time and in that country is it not more likely to be a JAWA?

That's what I thought but the tank is the wrong shape (from the pic anyway) and the carb isn't right. Engine does look like a Jawa twin though.

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The cylinder head, carb and headlamp bracket look like a BSA bantam, but the badge is all wrong , and the space between the head and bottom of the tank is wrong :? :?



http://i.imgur.com/ERMmfLN.jpg

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/photogallerys/BSA-Bantam.jpg?378220

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and i bet the op never returns to see that the members on this forum have worked their magic again well done six good find

 


I'll send him a bill , we got any headed paper :)

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