Quick note at the top here: the seller has misidentified this bike as a Model 364. That’s a typo. As far as I’m aware, JAWA never sold a Model 364. This is, in fact, a Model (although, JAWA uses the word “Type”) 634. Anyway, they still make JAWAs, apparently. I didn’t know that. In fact, they still manufacture this exact motorcycle ─ unchanged since its Cold War heyday.
“They” being the Czechia-based JAWA Moto, who have been producing motorcycles since 1929. Which is pretty impressive, if you think about it. A lot of things have happened in Czechia (formerly known as the Czech Republic, formerly known as the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, formerly known as Czechoslovakia) in those 95 years. But JAWA has chugged along through it all.
Possessing no connection to the Jawas ─ the short desert people of Tatooine who have glowing eyes and sell droids ─ JAWA saw its golden years occur during the Soviet occupation. That’s when it, along with manufacturers like East Germany’s MZ and Poland’s Junak, was producing bikes for people all across the Communist Bloc.
In 1974, it created this beauty: the Type 634, now known as the 634 Retro. It’s a 343cc air-cooled two-stroke kick-start motorcycle promising a top speed of 120 km/h (74.5 mph). Some sources claim 132 km/h (82 mph), but I’m going with JAWA’s own numbers here.
Fifty years later, this is one of the few motorcycles still produced in JAWA’s factory, about 20 miles south of Prague (other JAWAs are made in India), and the ones sold today are largely identical to the ones sold back then. They’re probably not sold where you are, however. According to JAWA, the bulk of these bikes now end up in Central America or Russia.
Point is, though: you can probably find spare parts.
With 7,500 miles on the clock and a Buy It Now price of $1,600 you can find this Type 634 for sale in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, here on eBay.