1973 BMW R75 / 5 Motorcycle Motorcycle photo

The BMW R75 is a global Battle 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 get from the German Army.

Preproduction types of the R75 were driven by the 750 cc part valve engine, that was based on the R71 engine. Nonetheless it was quickly found essential to design an all-new OHV 750 cc engine for the R75 product. 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 trunk wheel of the motorcycle. They were fitted with a locking differential and selectable highway and off-road items ratios through which all four and reverse gears did the trick. This made the R75 highly manoeuvrable and capable of negotiating most floors. Additional motorcycle manufactures, like FN and Norton, provided an optional drive to sidecars.

The BMW R75 and its rival the Z?ndapp KS 750 were both greatly 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 Military, agreed after standardization of parts for both machines, with a view of eventually building a Z?ndapp-BMW hybrid (specified the BW 43), in which a BMW 286/1 side-car would be grafted onto a Z?ndapp KS 750 motorcycle. They also agreed that the make of the R75 would cease once production reached 20,200 products, and from then on point BMW and Z?ndapp would only produce the Z?ndapp-BMW machine, processing 20,000 each year.

Since the focus on of 20,200 BMW R75's was not reached, it continued to be in production until the Eisenach stock was so terribly ruined by Allied bombing that creation ceased in 1944. A further 98 devices were constructed by the Soviets in 1946 as reparations.

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