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

In the 1930s BMW were creating a quantity of popular and highly effective motorcycles. In 1938 development of the R75 were only available in reaction to a need from the German Army.

Preproduction models of the R75 were powered by a 750 cc aspect valve engine, which was predicated on the R71 engine. However it was quickly found essential to design an all-new OHV 750 cc engine unit for the R75 product. This OHV engine later became the foundation for succeeding post-war twin BMW engines like the R51/3, R67 and R68.

The third side-car wheel was motivated with an axle linked to the rear wheel of the motorcycle. These were installed with a locking differential and selectable road and off-road gear ratios through which all four and change gears worked. This made the R75 highly manoeuvrable and with the capacity of negotiating most floors. Additional 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 greatly 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 Army, agreed upon standardization of parts for both machines, with a view of eventually developing 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. In addition they agreed that the production 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, making 20,000 each year.

Since the target of 20,200 BMW R75's was not reached, it remained in production before Eisenach stock was so badly ruined by Allied bombing that development ceased in 1944. A further 98 units were set up by the Soviets in 1946 as reparations.

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