The BMW R75 is a World War II-era motorcycle and sidecar blend made by the German company BMW.
Within the 1930s BMW were creating a range of popular and highly effective motorcycles. In 1938 development of the R75 were only available in response to a demand from the German Army.
Preproduction models of the R75 were power by the 750 cc aspect valve engine, which was predicated on the R71 engine. However it was quickly found essential to design an all-new OHV 750 cc engine for the R75 product. This OHV engine motor later proved to be the basis for following post-war twin BMW engines like the R51/3, R67 and R68.
The third side-car wheel was influenced with an axle connected to the trunk wheel of the motorcycle. These were equipped with a locking differential and selectable highway and off-road equipment 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 competitor the Z?ndapp KS 750 were both broadly utilized 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 building a Z?ndapp-BMW hybrid (selected the BW 43), when a BMW 286/1 side-car would be grafted onto a Z?ndapp KS 750 motorcycle. In addition they agreed that the produce of the R75 would cease once production reached 20,200 products, and after that point BMW and Z?ndapp would only produce the Z?ndapp-BMW machine, developing 20,000 each year.
Since the goal of 20,200 BMW R75's was not reached, it remained in production before Eisenach manufacturer was so terribly ruined by Allied bombing that production ceased in 1944. An additional 98 models were put together by the Soviets in 1946 as reparations.
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