Eso was a Czech motorcycle factory producing only racing machines from 1949 until 1964, when it joined Jawa. ESO was founded by a motorcycle racing driver Jaroslav Simandl, and made bikes in 250, 350, and 500 cc, primarily for speedway, moto-cross and ice racing.[1] Engines were sourced from J.A.P. during the first year, and then an engine of ESO's own after 1950, first copied from J.A.P. and later of their own design.[2] The factory produced a prototype microcar in 1959, The ESO-T-250. It had a fibreglass 2-seater body with many components from Jawa-CZ.[3]
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- About company JAWA Divišov, a. s., 2009, retrieved 2009-05-12^
- The Complete* Motorcycle Compendium - E - Total Motorcycle.com, 2009^
- On the Four Winds The Motor Cycle, Iliffe & Sons, 10 December 1959^