1972 BMW R75 Classic Motorcycle Pictures

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

In the 1930s BMW were producing a range of popular and impressive motorcycles. In 1938 development of the R75 started in respond to a demand from the German Army.

Preproduction types of the R75 were power by the 750 cc area valve engine, which was predicated on the R71 engine unit. Nonetheless it was quickly found necessary to design an all-new OHV 750 cc engine for the R75 product. This OHV engine motor later proved to be the basis for following 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 built in with a locking differential and selectable highway and off-road equipment ratios through which all and reverse gears proved helpful. This made the R75 highly manoeuvrable and capable of negotiating most areas. 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 extensively employed 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 after standardization of parts for both machines, with a view of eventually developing a Z?ndapp-BMW hybrid (chosen the BW 43), in which 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 stop once production reached 20,200 devices, and after that point BMW and Z?ndapp would only produce the Z?ndapp-BMW machine, manufacturing 20,000 each year.

Since the goal of 20,200 BMW R75's was not reached, it remained in production until the Eisenach manufacturing plant was so badly ruined by Allied bombing that production ceased in 1944. A further 98 systems were assembled by the Soviets in 1946 as reparations.

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