Manaveeyam Veedhi to echo with retro thump-whump on 'Jawa-Yezdi Day'

A motorcycle, riders would often declare, isn't just a machine — it is an emotion that drives the soul.

- APARNA NAIR

This has always been a passionate norm for fans of the Czech Jawa and Yezdi models that used to be manufactured in India by Ideal Jawa. And there will always be tales of nostalgia wafting from those vintage exhausts.

Take the case of Athul Jayan, moderator of Smoking Barrels Jawa-Yezdi bikers' group in Thiruvananthapuram. Watching his father riding a Yezdi, he fell in love with the brand.

"But the bonding began much before. In 1989, moments before I was born, my father rushed my mother to the hospital on a Yezdi Classic 2," he smiles.

"I then grew up, finished my engineering, got myself an old Yezdi Roadking in 2011. It was like a homage to the brand. I am still searching for the vehicle my father rode. It was sold off when he moved to the Middle East for work. I was too young then, but now, I would love to have it back. So, no doubt, Jawa is truly an emotion for me."