The bike was a DKW design taken after the war, it was manufactured by IZH.
Jawa also has its name on them.


It had several changes the last one was the version 5,


IZH had a prototype of that bike, rumored to have the Yamaha XT550 engine, a modern version that evidently never made it into production.


The other thing is that within the eastern block and soviet republics, they shared designs, much like the Chinese do? Could say what is yours is mine comrade?


They probably traded designs and manufacturing knowledge as part of edicts handed to them.