BMW R75:5 Vintage Motorcycle Cafe Racer 1970

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

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

Preproduction models of the R75 were run by a 750 cc aspect valve engine, that was based on the R71 engine. However it was quickly found essential to design an all-new OHV 750 cc engine unit for the R75 unit. This OHV engine motor later became the basis for following post-war twin BMW engines like the R51/3, R67 and R68.

The third side-car wheel was driven with an axle linked to the rear wheel of the motorcycle. They were installed with a locking differential and selectable road and off-road equipment ratios by which all four and reverse gears functioned. This made the R75 highly manoeuvrable and with the capacity of negotiating most areas. 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 after standardization of parts for both machines, with a view of eventually making a Z?ndapp-BMW hybrid (designated the BW 43), when a BMW 286/1 side-car would be grafted onto a Z?ndapp KS 750 motorcycle. They also decided that the produce of the R75 would stop once production come to 20,200 devices, and after that 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 before Eisenach manufacturing plant was so badly destroyed by Allied bombing that development ceased in 1944. A further 98 systems were built by the Soviets in 1946 as reparations.

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