1976 BMW R75/6 Classic German Motorcycles Motorcycle Classics

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

Inside the 1930s BMW were producing a number of popular and highly effective motorcycles. In 1938 development of the R75 started in respond to a request from the German Military.

Preproduction models of the R75 were driven by the 750 cc side valve engine, that was predicated on the R71 engine motor. Nonetheless it was quickly found essential to design an all-new OHV 750 cc engine motor for the R75 product. This OHV engine unit later proved to be the foundation for subsequent post-war twin BMW engines like the R51/3, R67 and R68.

The 3rd side-car wheel was driven with an axle connected to the trunk wheel of the motorcycle. These were fitted with a locking differential and selectable road and off-road equipment ratios by which all four and invert gears did the trick. 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 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 setting up 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. They also arranged that the produce of the R75 would cease once production reached 20,200 units, and after that 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 remained in production before Eisenach manufacturing plant was so badly broken by Allied bombing that development ceased in 1944. A further 98 models were constructed by the Soviets in 1946 as reparations.

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