Comments on: 1950′s Monark Jawa

By: Anders Österberg

Anders Österberg — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:43:21 +0000

It is a Swedish bike, MONARK. They had in the 1950´s a factory in Sao Paolo, Brazil, where they manufactured bicycles, mopeds and motorcycles. For the motorcycles they allways installed JAWA or CZ engines, the one on the picture seems to be a JAWA 250cc 353 engine.
Frames were the same as the bikes produced in Varberg, Sweden, but in the Swedish produced bikes, ther was a variety of different makes of engines; Husqvarna, CZ ILO, BSA, Ardie, Sachs, .. But funny enough never JAWA. MONARK never produced an engine of their own.
In Brazil they seem to have been of high estime, they were called JAWA-MONARK, and had a very stylish tank badge, very different to the modestly badged Swedish made counterpart.
For the Brazilian made JAWA-MONARK 150cc, they used a CZ 150C engine. This was produced from around 1955, when the 150C engine was about to be discontinued. MONARK ordered a special series of typeC engine, embossed with a “M” badge where normally there is a “CZ” badge. These arenow very rare, at least in Europe. They were all made for the Brazilian factory.

First youtube film is of a 250cc JAWA-MONARK, Brazilian made
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0IVKK4MHLk

By: Knucklehead Dan

Knucklehead Dan — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 01:40:47 +0000

This is a 1950′s. Monark, just by the logo on the gaz tank.Nop its not german or czeck its a Swedish motorbike

By: Marcelo

Marcelo — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 22:50:04 +0000

Sim, com certeza! tenho uma para restaurar que vai ficar igual à da foto!

By: Ian Ross

Ian Ross — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:49:51 +0000

Bom Dia , Eu estou de acordo com Marcio . Essse moto e’ provavelmente da JAWA do epoca 50/60 .

By: Nigel

Nigel — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:40:19 +0000

She is a Monark Jawa. It was built by Monark in Brazil between 1951/1954 under license from Czechoslovakia Jawa. I know because I have an exact match on the side of the tank is possible to see the emblem of Monark at the time, you just enter the Monark name on google and you will see the logo like this one.

By: MARCIO

MARCIO — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:49:35 +0000

Ela é uma Monark Jawa. Foi montada pela Monark no brasil entre 1951/1954 sob licença da Jawa Checoslovaquia. Sei porque tenho uma exatamente igual, na lateral do tanque é possivel ver o emblema da Monark na época, é so digitar o nome Monark no google e voce vai ver o logo igual a essea ai.

By: roberto TX

roberto TX — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:22:49 +0000

this probably be a cezepel 250, from checz republic,

By: Jim Winkler

Jim Winkler — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:22:58 +0000

Hello, J.T. and nephew, Nice bike! I would say it’s a pre-war D.K.W. (German). Both Harley and B.S.A. were granted rights to this engine from D.K.W. as part of the post-World War 2 settlement. (H.-D. made the Hummer , B.S.A. made the Bantam) The engine is an exact twin to either one. The bike looks a lot like my Harley, except the plunger rear.

By: Ian Ross

Ian Ross — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:16:17 +0000

Hi I think that it is most likely to be an NSU 125 or 250cc . Companies like Bicicletas MONARK in Sao Paulo imported a large variety of NSU models 50cc and upwards . Espere que isse ajuda voce . Un abraco Ian Ross