Jawa 42

Jawa 42 Highlights

According to our sources, the standard Jawa and the Jawa Forty Two BS6 will be launched soon. That said, there is no official confirmation from the brand yet. The 293cc, fuel-injected, liquid-cooled, single-cylinder engine is already BS6-ready, so the manufacturer will not have to make substantial changes to make the motor BS6-compliant. Hence, the Jawa 42 BS6 is likely to cost only around Rs 4,000 to Rs 5,000 over the BS4 bike, which costs Rs Rs 1,55,300 and Rs 1,64,242 for the single-channel ABS and dual-channel ABS variants respectively. It is likely that Jawa will launch the BS6-compliant version in both single-channel and dual-channel ABS guise.

As far as the engine specifications are concerned, the BS6-compliant Jawa Forty Two is likely to retain the same 27.3PS and 28Nm output figures as before. This deduction comes from the fact that the BS4-compliant Jawa Perak bobber unveiled in 2018 and the BS6-compliant Jawa Perak launched in November 2019 have the same power and torque figures. The engine will continue with the same 6-speed transmission as before.

The Jawa Forty Two BS6 will also retain the same telescopic front fork, twin gas-charged rear shock absorbers, front disc, rear drum/disc as the BS4 bike. In terms of rivals, the upcoming Jawa 42 BS6 will go up against the Royal Enfield Classic 350 BS6 and the Benelli Imperiale 400, which too will be updated to comply with BS6 norms soon.