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    A Jawa and Lada Collection in a Lithuanian Back Garden



    I had the incredibly unique opportunity to visit a gentleman’s private collection of old Jawa motorcycles, Ladas, and other Russian vehicles.

    Tucked away in a small village in Lithuania, this was an eye opening experience.

    Jawa 350s, Lada Nivas, Lada Rivas, a Ford Sierra and much, much more.

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    1. Coen van Winkelhoff on

      OMG I was here last year! This friendly gentleman helped me with my Lada that I bought last year on my big Lithuanian Lada adventure. So happy to see the place back. Greetings from Australia!

    6. Andy Walker on

      Hey Freddie think that bike you were looking at is an IZH Planeta (tank logo in Cyrillic alphabet.) 2-stroke 18-ish horsepower. Ring ding ding….

    7. Occasional Motorcycling on

      Freddie, I do not understand your fascination with this place. this is a mess and it is sad to see all those vehicles rotting outside. the place looks like a once pretty house with nice yard that was neglected to the point of disgust and then filled up with rusty garbage. sorry for that man's neighbors .
      also I do not understand your fascination with ladas. those cars have no historical value, because they were copied of Fiat and there is nothing original about them. all they represent is the failed attempt to build a car in a failed state. poor quality, lack of taste and awful performance – this is pretty honest summary for ladas. I think you should try driving one to understand that there's nothing fascinating about them
      and those bikes deserved better fate than they found here. may be they would be better off if recycled for metal ¯_(ツ)_/¯
      if you want to see historical vehicles, see them in museums or at enthusiasts meetups, where you will find them in all their glory, and not ruined and neglected like that

    12. Livonian Chronicle on

      In hell that was soviet union, the best bike available was Jawa 350, as being a product of Czechoslovakia, it was quite a bit better finished than the crap thrown together by the ruskies. If you could not get a Jawa, you went for a Izh 350 (like the one you called HHH). Up to early 70's there was also a 175cc Hungarian Pannonia. 4-stroke Urals/Dnieprs were only available with a sidecar which you were officially not allowed to remove, making them pretty much undesirable for younger folks. All russian bikes were mechanically copies of pre-war German bikes. The car you forgot the name of is a Volga and is a copy of a 1948 Ford. The story of Lada Niva is that when Mark 1 VW Golf came out, some designers at Lada/Zhiguli plant in Togliatti (city was named after the head of Italian communist party and built specially for the car plant) were so impressed that they made their own version and presented it to the production committee only for it to be rejected, as according to the committee the soviet people already had a perfectly fine car in form of the regular Zhiguli. Those designers did not give up though, they presented the car again, this time as a 4-wheel drive and it got approved for production.

    17. GeeBee on

      Well I was surrounded by these back in the 70's and everyone over here in the UK that owned one (and indeed those that didn't ) all pronounced it ' Jow ah '

    20. Palmyra Rameikiene on

      Did you hear car brand YUGO? It was called the worst car in communist world! Last summer one Lithuanian guy bought it in Serbia, travelled across Balkans and now the car "lives" in Kaunas. Thanks for interesting video !

    25. John Moonie on

      When I was considerably younger, I did see a few Jawa's around in Dundee then they ceased to exist at approx. the ame time as British Leyland gave up the ghost. I think this guy's got a faily inteesting but rusty collection of what mostly looks like a disorganised spcrapyard overgrown with weeds and untended old plants and trees. He has what appears to be many half-started but abandoned projects apart from the re Jawa whch you tested the frame of and that looks nearly finished but the rest,,,, I imagine Monika was hardly disappointed when you took the camera off her. But hey, I can sell you an old bridge mostly in complete working order but a bit rusty round the edges. Look forward to the next one and perhaps Monika can get slightly more excited with that!

    30. graeme moss on

      Hi Freddie. In the UK we are lucky enough to have a Jawa dealer – F2 Motorcycles – They have brand new 350 2 strokes for sale. I had one a few years ago but I lost out to a BMW M5 Typical!! Perhaps your next UK review. Here we say the J & W not euro h & v but whos to say were right. Jawa were very successful in the fifties – they made real mans off road bikes. Keep up the good work.

    31. Aidy Madd on

      My memory of a Jawa was a 350cc that was deemed not fit for the road. So we used it as an off road scrambler. One fine summers afternoon in the mid 90's I was riding across the big field behind our house at about 20-25 mph. Suddenly I hit a two foot hole, the bike stopped dead in its tracks, but I carried on, over the handlebars at about 20 mph. Luckily I landed on some quite thick grass and thus suffered very little by way of damage to myself. Happy days……

    32. Rimvydas Pabalys on

      Let me help you with some information. 350 is not the model of the motorcycle but rather how much cc its engine has. So 350 stands for 350cc. Jawa shown in 5:00 is probably jawa type 638 or 639 with dashboard from newer model. In 2:44 you can see remains of Jawa type 634 and behind it there is a Minsk. Minsk is 125cc two stroke moped produced in Belarus. At 4:20 car name is GAZ 21 Volga. 7:40 that is not a Jawa but an Izh Planeta 3. 12:30 that is an Izh Jupiter 4. I do believe that Izh motorcycles were exported into UK under the Cossack name. 14:10 Jawa type 634 and judging from the engine that should be an Izh Planeta 3 but that motorcycle is mostly a mix of parts from various Izh Planeta generations.

    34. Max Roshin on

      Its hard to take same delight regarding "good condition" of Nivas if you know you can buy it right now brand new 🙂 Which is pretty much the same like 40 year ago. Moreover as I understand they were even available in UK thankfully to brexit just before our goverment went crazy.

      Maybe other stuff has more value.

    39. Martin L on

      JAWA mean JAneček (founder of factory) and WAnderer (motorcycles produced in licence). Last 4stroke bike produced in JAWA factory was JAWA 500 OHC. In novadays is production of own motorcycles finished (only a few 2stroke – like on the video).
      The most known a successful driver on JAWA was František Šťastný who won a lot of races and of course Billy Ivy who died when he drove racing beast 2stroke JAWA 350 V4 type 637.

    42. Bobber Rider on

      A friend of mine, around 30 years ago, had a 350 Jawa. It annoyed him so much (because it wouldn't start when he needed to go to work) he dug a hole in his back garden and buried it. Now that's annoyed. The Velorex sidecar that they came with were excellent. I had one vaguely attached to a Honda 250 Superdream. Don't ask.

    43. Simon Merrin on

      Ah, the Yava . I have two, a 1975 250cc twin and the latest 2016 Jawa retro. Rare bikes in the UK now, but always a talking point and great fun to ride. Next time your in suffolk, take one of mine for a spin.

    44. Flat Cap Cafe Racer on

      In 1996 I was coming back into Moscow on a Sunday evening on four lane highway. We had to weave in and out for miles because there were so many broken down Ladas. I bet there was at least a mile you could jumped from one to another broken down Ladas.

    46. Andy McGeechan on

      JA(nacek) + WA(nderer) = JAWA in English (JAVA in German)

      the "HHH" was in fact an IZH 350. The Planeta (single) and Jupiter (Twin)

      The cars you could not remember where Moskovitch (KGB drove 6 Cylinder versions.)

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