The BMW R75 is a global War II-era motorcycle and sidecar combination made by the German company BMW.
In the 1930s BMW were creating a quantity of popular and highly effective motorcycles. In 1938 development of the R75 started in response to a submission from the German Army.
Preproduction models of the R75 were powered by the 750 cc area valve engine, which was predicated on the R71 engine unit. Nonetheless it was quickly found necessary to design an all-new OHV 750 cc engine unit for the R75 unit. This OHV engine later became the basis for following post-war twin BMW engines like the R51/3, R67 and R68.
The third side-car wheel was motivated with an axle linked to the rear wheel of the motorcycle. We were holding installed with a locking differential and selectable street and off-road gear ratios through which all and change gears functioned. This made the R75 highly manoeuvrable and with the capacity of negotiating most surfaces. A few other motorcycle manufactures, like FN and Norton, provided an optional drive to sidecars.
The BMW R75 and its rival the Z?ndapp KS 750 were both extensively used by the Wehrmacht in Russia and North Africa, though over time of analysis it became clear that the Z?ndapp was the superior machine. In August 1942 Z?ndapp and BMW, on the urging of the Military, agreed after standardization of parts for both machines, with a view of eventually developing a Z?ndapp-BMW hybrid (selected the BW 43), in which a BMW 286/1 side-car would be grafted onto a Z?ndapp KS 750 motorcycle. They also agreed that the produce of the R75 would cease once production reached 20,200 units, and from then on point BMW and Z?ndapp would only produce the Z?ndapp-BMW machine, making 20,000 every year.
Since the concentrate on of 20,200 BMW R75's had not been reached, it continued to be in production before Eisenach factory was so badly harmed by Allied bombing that creation ceased in 1944. An additional 98 devices were built by the Soviets in 1946 as reparations.
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