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

Within 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 demand from the German Military.

Preproduction types of the R75 were driven by a 750 cc aspect 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 proved to be the foundation for succeeding post-war twin BMW engines like the R51/3, R67 and R68.

The 3rd side-car wheel was motivated with an axle linked to the rear wheel of the motorcycle. These were fitted with a locking differential and selectable highway and off-road gear ratios by which all and reverse gears proved helpful. This made the R75 highly manoeuvrable and capable of negotiating most surfaces. 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 widely employed by the Wehrmacht in Russia and North Africa, though over time of analysis 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 (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 manufacture of the R75 would cease once production reached 20,200 items, and after that point BMW and Z?ndapp would only produce the Z?ndapp-BMW machine, processing 20,000 every year.

Since the target of 20,200 BMW R75's had not been reached, it continued to be in production until the Eisenach manufacturer was so terribly damaged by Allied bombing that development ceased in 1944. An additional 98 models were set up by the Soviets in 1946 as reparations.

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