BMW R75/5 Scrambler

The BMW R75 is a global War II-era motorcycle and sidecar blend produced by the German company BMW.

Inside 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 need from the German Military.

Preproduction models of the R75 were power by the 750 cc part valve engine, that was predicated on the R71 engine. However it was quickly found essential to design an all-new OHV 750 cc engine for the R75 unit. This OHV engine motor later became the foundation for succeeding post-war twin BMW engines like the R51/3, R67 and R68.

The third side-car wheel was powered with an axle linked to the rear wheel of the motorcycle. These were fixed with a locking differential and selectable street and off-road products ratios through which all and invert gears worked well. 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 extensively used by the Wehrmacht in Russia and North Africa, though after a period 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 creating 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. In addition they agreed that the manufacture of the R75 would stop once production come to 20,200 models, and after that 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 had not been reached, it remained in production before Eisenach stock was so badly ruined by Allied bombing that production ceased in 1944. An additional 98 devices were constructed by the Soviets in 1946 as reparations.

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