The BMW R75 is a global Conflict II-era motorcycle and sidecar combination made by the German company BMW.
In the 1930s BMW were creating a variety of popular and impressive motorcycles. In 1938 development of the R75 started in reaction to a request from the German Military.
Preproduction types of the R75 were power by a 750 cc part valve engine, that was predicated on the R71 engine unit. However it was quickly found necessary to design an all-new OHV 750 cc engine for the R75 product. This OHV engine motor later became the basis for following post-war twin BMW engines like the R51/3, R67 and R68.
The 3rd side-car wheel was powered with an axle connected to the rear wheel of the motorcycle. We were holding fixed with a locking differential and selectable highway and off-road equipment ratios through which all and reverse gears functioned. This made the R75 highly manoeuvrable and capable of negotiating most floors. A few other 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 evaluation 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 (chosen the BW 43), in which a BMW 286/1 side-car would be grafted onto a Z?ndapp KS 750 motorcycle. In addition they decided that the manufacture of the R75 would stop once production come to 20,200 items, 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 manufacturer was so badly destroyed by Allied bombing that creation ceased in 1944. An additional 98 units were assembled by the Soviets in 1946 as reparations.
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