Q. Jawa 42 or Royal Enfield gunmetal grey, which one is better in all round performance - Classic 350?

Not now let jawa prove itself in roads properly. Because lots of delay in launching poor service support. Jawa is just a hype nothing more . 24 years ago i owned old jawa & driven it for thousands of KM . It will thrill me every time i touch the handle bar & pump it to alive the engine. The exhaust thump & interval between the next thump is wonderful. Flick & Kick is a experience . I used to get mileage around 30 kmpl to 35 kmpl. Now to coming new jawa . I have driven new jawa with imaginations for more than 250 km i got mileage of 18 kmpl. Engine is powerful till 110 km/hr then it straining to climb speed with vibrations & becomes too noisy .The exhaust sound is like hero splendor bike. There are lots of welding visually seen around new jawa . They recreated visibly old jawa . Visually good bike. I didn"t get moved or ringed & impressed while riding.I never need a bike for visual pleasure.I prefer RE 350 segment & RE 350 thunderbird is good choice.

As of now, the Classic 350 is carbureted, whereas the 500 has fuel injection, which is a more modern technology for fuel delivery to the engine. Looks wise both are more or less identical.

Royal Enfield is directly attached with army and one of the old motorcycle company so this could be a first choice without any option