The 1987 MY Jawa 500R sports an air-cooled, four-stroke, single cylinder Rotax engine paired to a five-speed manual transmission, and can produce a claimed 34 horsepower and 36 Nm of torque. It comes standard with laced wheels, a telescopic front fork, a blacked-out frame, dual shock absorbers as a rear suspension, black engine accents , a dual seat and passenger grab rails.