BMW R75

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

In the 1930s BMW were producing a variety of popular and impressive motorcycles. In 1938 development of the R75 were only available in respond to a submission from the German Military.

Preproduction models of the R75 were powered by way of a 750 cc part valve engine, which was based on the R71 engine motor. Nonetheless it was quickly found necessary to design an all-new OHV 750 cc engine for the R75 device. This OHV engine unit 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 connected to the rear wheel of the motorcycle. These were equipped with a locking differential and selectable street and off-road equipment ratios through which all and invert gears functioned. This made the R75 highly manoeuvrable and capable of negotiating most areas. 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 widely used 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 upon standardization of parts for both machines, with a view of eventually developing a Z?ndapp-BMW hybrid (designated 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 come to 20,200 units, and after that point BMW and Z?ndapp would only produce the Z?ndapp-BMW machine, making 20,000 every year.

Since the goal of 20,200 BMW R75's was not reached, it continued to be in production until the Eisenach factory was so terribly destroyed by Allied bombing that development ceased in 1944. A further 98 products were constructed by the Soviets in 1946 as reparations.

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