BREAKING: New Jawa 42 FJ Launched At Rs 1,99,142

Quick News Highlights:

- The new Jawa 42 FJ has been launched at Rs 1,99,142 (ex-showroom Delhi)

- The new model gets a rounded design language and is powered by the 350 Alpha2 engine

- The Jawa 42 FJ is available in six colour options

Jawa Yezdi Motorcycles have launched the new Jawa 42 FJ with revised styling, new engine and other changes compared to the standard 42 model launched last month. 

What Is Its Price? Who Are Its Rivals?

The new Jawa 42 FJ has been launched with a price tag of Rs 1,99,142 (ex-showroom Delhi), making it Rs 26,200 more expensive than the standard Jawa 42 and the FJ is named after František Janeček, founder of Jawa. It is available in 6 colour options: Deep Black Matte Red Clad, Deep Black Matte Black Clad, Cosmo Blue Matte, Mystique Copper, Aurora Green Matte and Aurora Green Matte Spoke. Here are the prices:

Colours	Price (ex-showroom)
Aurora Green Matte Spoke	Rs 1,99,142
Aurora Green Matte	Rs 2,10,142
Mystique Copper	Rs 2,15,142
Cosmo Blue Matte	Rs 2,15,142
Deep Black Matte Black Clad	Rs 2,20,142
Deep Black Matte Red Clad	Rs 2,20,142

The Jawa 42 FJ rivals the likes of the Royal Enfield Classic 350, Royal Enfield Hunter 350, Hero Mavrick 440 and the Honda H'ness CB350.

What’s New? 

As an all-new bike, everything’s new on the Jawa 42 FJ. Compared to the standard 42, the FJ gets a more rounded and muscular fuel tank with anodised, brushed aluminium cladding. It also gets an off-set fuel cap. The roadster gets a wide and flat single-piece seat and dual upswept exhausts. The Aurora Green Matte Spoke colour option gets spoke wheels with tubed tyres while the rest of the colour schemes get diamond cut alloy wheels with tubeless tyres. 

Highlights:

- 334cc, single-cylinder, liquid-cooled engine 

- Output: 29.2PS and 29.6Nm

- 6-speed gearbox with slipper clutch

- Suspension Setup: 41mm telescopic fork and 5-step preload-adjustable twin shock absorbers

- 320mm front disc and 240mm rear disc brake with dual-channel ABS as standard

- 100-section front tyre with an 18-inch wheel and 140-section rear tyre with a 17-inch wheel

- Wheelbase: 1440mm 

- Ground clearance: 178mm

- Seat height: 790mm 

- Kerb weight: 184kg 

- Fuel tank capacity: 12 litres 

- LCD instrument console 

- USB charging port

- All-LED lighting

Zig Says

With the addition of the FJ to the Jawa 42’s lineup along with the standard model and the 42 Bobber, Jawa Yezdi Motorcycle is now offering a variety of options to choose in the neo-retro space. If you want a bike with a sharper design language, then the Jawa 42 is a good bet whereas if you want something with a more rounded and coherent design language and slightly more power output, then the Jawa 42 FJ is something you can consider. If you are looking for a bobber in the sub-350cc segment, then the 42 Bobber is a unique offering in this space. These wide range of options will help Jawa Yezdi Motorcycles better compete with the likes of Royal Enfield, Honda and Hero MotoCorp in the neo-retro segment.