1943 BMW R75 Classic German Motorcycles Motorcycle Classics

The BMW R75 is a World War II-era motorcycle and sidecar mixture made by the German company BMW.

Inside the 1930s BMW were creating a variety of popular and highly effective motorcycles. In 1938 development of the R75 were only available in respond to a get from the German Military.

Preproduction types of the R75 were power by a 750 cc aspect valve engine, which was predicated on the R71 engine. However it was quickly found necessary to design an all-new OHV 750 cc engine unit for the R75 unit. This OHV engine later proved to be the foundation for following post-war twin BMW engines like the R51/3, R67 and R68.

The 3rd side-car wheel was driven with an axle connected to the trunk wheel of the motorcycle. They were fixed with a locking differential and selectable highway and off-road items ratios by which all four and change gears did the trick. This made the R75 highly manoeuvrable and with the capacity of negotiating most surfaces. Additional motorcycle manufactures, like FN and Norton, provided an optional drive to sidecars.

The BMW R75 and its own competitor the Z?ndapp KS 750 were both generally used by the Wehrmacht in Russia and North Africa, though over time of evaluation it became clear that the Z?ndapp was the superior machine. In August 1942 Z?ndapp and BMW, on the urging of the Army, agreed after standardization of parts for both machines, with a view of eventually setting up a Z?ndapp-BMW hybrid (chosen the BW 43), when a BMW 286/1 side-car would be grafted onto a Z?ndapp KS 750 motorcycle. They also decided that the produce of the R75 would stop once production come to 20,200 devices, and from then on point BMW and Z?ndapp would only produce the Z?ndapp-BMW machine, manufacturing 20,000 each year.

Since the goal of 20,200 BMW R75's was not reached, it remained in production until the Eisenach manufacturer was so badly ruined by Allied bombing that creation ceased in 1944. An additional 98 systems were assembled by the Soviets in 1946 as reparations.

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