EXP Jawa
Look Ma, No Hands!
Interesting. The frame on that early tandem is different yet from mine. Much of the detailing is similar, but apart from the obvious frame differences, the head tube on my bike is not lugged at the top and bottom like the one shown on your site. Aside from that, this bike does have mount brackets for the left and right side chain guards, though the guards themselves are long gone. I'm pretty sure that no Paramount would've had even the mounts for that. That might correlate it more with the alleged lightweight tourist tandem that you spoke of, perhaps as a prototype. The serial number might corroborate that, as it doesn't fit with the postwar numbering scheme as near as I can tell. What is the serial number on the '48 racing tandem, if you don't mind my asking?