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The BMW R75 is a World Warfare II-era motorcycle and sidecar mixture 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 were only available in response to a get from the German Military.

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

The 3rd side-car wheel was influenced with an axle connected to the trunk wheel of the motorcycle. They were fitted with a locking differential and selectable highway and off-road products ratios by which all four and reverse gears did the trick. 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 own rival the Z?ndapp KS 750 were both widely employed 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 Military, agreed after standardization of parts for both machines, with a view of eventually setting up 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. They also decided that the manufacture of the R75 would cease once production reached 20,200 items, and from then on point BMW and Z?ndapp would only produce the Z?ndapp-BMW machine, processing 20,000 every year.

Since the aim for of 20,200 BMW R75's was not reached, it continued to be in production before Eisenach manufacturing plant was so terribly broken by Allied bombing that production ceased in 1944. An additional 98 items were set up by the Soviets in 1946 as reparations.

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