BMW R75 Wehrmachtsgespann 194046 The heavy German military bike

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

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

Preproduction models of the R75 were driven by the 750 cc part valve engine, that was based on the R71 engine motor. However 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 following post-war twin BMW engines like the R51/3, R67 and R68.

The 3rd side-car wheel was driven with an axle linked to the rear wheel of the motorcycle. These were built in with a locking differential and selectable street and off-road products ratios by which all four and invert gears proved helpful. This made the R75 highly manoeuvrable and with the capacity of negotiating most surfaces. Additional motorcycle manufactures, like FN and Norton, provided an optional drive to sidecars.

The BMW R75 and its own competitor the Z?ndapp KS 750 were both widely utilized 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 creating 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 arranged that the make of the R75 would cease once production reached 20,200 units, and from then on point BMW and Z?ndapp would only produce the Z?ndapp-BMW machine, manufacturing 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 ruined by Allied bombing that creation ceased in 1944. A further 98 models were put together by the Soviets in 1946 as reparations.

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