BMW R75/6 BY CLUTCH CUSTOM

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

Inside the 1930s BMW were creating a number of popular and highly effective motorcycles. In 1938 development of the R75 were only available in response to a need from the German Army.

Preproduction models of the R75 were run by way of a 750 cc side valve engine, that was predicated on the R71 engine motor. Nonetheless it was quickly found necessary to design an all-new OHV 750 cc engine 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 3rd side-car wheel was driven with an axle connected to the trunk wheel of the motorcycle. They were fitted with a locking differential and selectable highway and off-road gear ratios by which all and invert gears performed. This made the R75 highly manoeuvrable and capable of negotiating most areas. 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 extensively utilized 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 making a Z?ndapp-BMW hybrid (specified the BW 43), when 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 products, and after that point BMW and Z?ndapp would only produce the Z?ndapp-BMW machine, making 20,000 each year.

Since the aim for of 20,200 BMW R75's had not been reached, it continued to be in production before Eisenach stock was so badly destroyed by Allied bombing that creation ceased in 1944. An additional 98 products were built by the Soviets in 1946 as reparations.

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