Jawa 42 Real World Service Experience With A Fellow Female Rider
She also shared her favourite memory of a Ladakh ride which was organised by Jawa and her overall Jawa 42 ownership experience
The journey of buying a new bike starts from when you start exploring the available options in the market and find the one you connect with. But after finalising the bike there’s another important aspect of having a bike, which is ownership experience, service support, and service costs.
In recent months, Jawa Yezdi Motorcycle has updated its line-up in terms of design, engine refinement and overall riding experience, which sorts the first part for us. For the second part, we went for a Jawa service experience with a fellow female rider, Nupoor Kulkarni, who owns a 2021 Jawa 42. She has completed 22,000km on her bike and it was due for its 5th service. Nupoor also shared her favourite memory of a Ladakh ride organised by Jawa and her overall ownership experience. We also enquired about the overall maintenance and service cost of the bike.
What was our Jawa service experience like?
We went to a Jawa Yezdi Motorcycles service centre to get Nupoor’s Jawa 42 serviced. At the service centre, we were greeted by the service advisor, who checked the important details required for service including the service history, odometer reading, etc. The service advisor also asked Nupoor about any specific issues which she feels need to be fixed on her bike and then provided possible solutions for them. The service advisor noted everything and then provided Nupoor with a service quotation. Once Nupoor had agreed with the quotation, the advisor asked Nupoor to sit back and relax in the waiting room while they got the service done.
Next step by the service centre was to assign a mechanic to get the bike’s service done. The assigned mechanic then loaded the bike to the service bay and started a thorough inspection. The mechanic first did the basic check-up, then changed the engine oil, lubed the chain and checked the basic condition of air and oil filters. After that, he connected a device to the bike’s OBD (On-Board Diagnostics) to check the electrical components of the bike for any faults.
Following this, there was a basic maintenance procedure for checking the disc brakes and the brake pads for any wear and tear, and the brake fluids were replaced amongst other standard checkups. Finally, after everything was complete the bike was unloaded from the service bay and was moved to the washing bay.
Then, after its wash Nupoor’s bike was left for a while to dry off and then given a good wipe. At last, it was polished and Nupoor was informed that her bike’s service was completed. Nupoor paid the bill of just Rs 2,300 for this service, which included the paid labour cost too - which, considering that this was a full paid service, is actually very cost effective!
How much does a typical Jawa 42 service cost?
Here’s the approximate cost and service intervals of the Jawa 42’s first four services.
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1st service - At 1,000km or 30 days from date of purchase (whichever comes earlier) and costs around Rs 1,600.
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2nd service - At 6,000km or 180 days from date of purchase and costs around Rs 1,400.
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3rd service - At 12,000km or 365 days from date of purchase and costs around Rs 2,800 (oil and air filter change).
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4th service - At 6,000km or 180 days from last service and costs around Rs 1,600.
Hence, we are looking at an average service cost of around Rs 10,000 for the first 18,000km on the Jawa 42. When you look at the overall picture then, a rather stress-free ownership experience emerges, that is also quite wallet-friendly. So if you’re impressed with any of the various model options in the Jawa-Yezdi portfolio, now is a great time to get one!
User Reviews
Mene is bike ko daily commute aur weekend rides ke liye use kya hai Iska engine power or pickup bahut achha hai. Riding comfort badiya h or long rides par bhi thakan ni hoti. Looks ke mamle me ye road par attention kheechti h. Fuel economy bhi is segment ke hisab se sahi milti h. Mene iski timely service karayi h. Iska performance abhi bhi naya jesa h. Read More
It was stylish and out of ordinary from the regular bikes in this segment. They initially offered the same mileage and good customer service even though it was a bit more expensive but I was willing to pay for the exclusivity. It has been good and bad experience. Good because it was my first bike and bad because it made me hate riding. It is not comfortable for long rides more then 200km and it gives terrible mileage after a few months and the heat from the engine in summers is unbearable. I would only suggest this bike if you already have another bike and want to use this as an occasional rider but to someone who wants to use this for their daily commute, I will suggest to look for another daily commuting bike. Read More
The looks of the bike is absolutely fenomenal the bike is extremely unique because no brand offers a proper bobber bike for such affordable price only few bobber bikes are available in india for ex indian bobber or triumph bonnevile bobber and this jawa 42 bobber this bike is almost amazing to ride and it brings pure joy and fun fully value for money. Extremely good. i have ridden many types of bikes from many different brands but this is absolutely beautiful to ride, the performance is absolutely good although i have few minor issues like heating issue. oh man please i have special request to jawa that please do something about heating issue, the bike heats so much it is unbelievable, also sometimes just sometimes the front brakes make wierd noises and also i have another small issue which is rear brakes. rear brakes are very weak. i will always recommend to use front brakes because rear brakes are very weak of this bike so be careful with brakes, otherwise besides these minor issues the bike is absolutely perfect to ride and beautiful. I would definitely recommend this bike, why because this is bike that is only one and only in its segment, no brand i repeat no brand makes or offer affordable proper bobber motorcycle, some brand try to replicate like royal enfield but this outclass classic 350 very easily, the price is extremely affordable for such a bike.Read More
I chose Jawa Perak 334 mainly because iska look mujhe bahut unique laga single seat bobber style sab bikes se alag feel deta hai engine bhi powerful hai aur road par strong dikhti hai mujhe kuch hatke chahiye tha jo har kisi ke paas na ho isliye ye bike choose ki. Ride experience ab tak kaafi smooth raha hai bike highway par stable feel deti hai aur aceleration bhi strong hai thoda heavy hai lekin control achha mil jata hai long rides ke liye comfortable hai bas city traffic me kabhi-kabhi thoda heavy lagta hai overall ride enjoyable hai. Haan, main recommend karunga lekin un logon ke liye jo style aur performance dono chahte hain Agar aapko unique design aur powerful engine pasand hai to ye bike best hai. Lekin jo log daily traffic ke liye easy bike chahte hain unke liye thodi heavy lag sakti hai.Read More
The bike was good but the service is not good as they say everything as manufacturing defect. But has a great torque. The best thing for the bike is the seating comfortablity which is top notch. Also the bike doesn't heat up as some other 350cc bikes. Coming to mileage, it is just 24-27Kmpl which is not I expected.Read More