Crazy Vehicle

There’s a lot in a name The name goes back to an urban legend originated in the Czechoslovakian city of Prague during the German occupied Czechoslovakia in the midst of World War 2. Perak or ‘The Spring Man’ was a name given to a man who was said to be a leap out from the shadows. Perak later was believed to have fought with the Nazi army by the military vehicles and defending the residents of Prague. The legend soon came to be associated with hope against the on going oppression. In the decades following the war, Perak has also been portrayed as a Czech superhero. ‘Ja’ of Janecek and ‘Wa’ of Wanderer Werke AG created the brand as we know it today – Jawa – in 1929 with the first motorcycle to roll out being the Jawa 500 OHV. Fast forward to 1939-45, the outbreak of World War II put a pause on the production of Jawa motorcycles. Although the Jawa factory was forced to make armaments under the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, Janeček kept working on a new project in secret. This was th...