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

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

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

The 3rd side-car wheel was powered with an axle linked to the trunk wheel of the motorcycle. These were installed with a locking differential and selectable road and off-road gear ratios by which all and reverse gears worked well. This made the R75 highly manoeuvrable and with the capacity of negotiating most surfaces. A few other 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 utilized 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 after standardization of parts for both machines, with a view of eventually developing a Z?ndapp-BMW hybrid (specified 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 make of the R75 would cease once production come to 20,200 devices, and from then on point BMW and Z?ndapp would only produce the Z?ndapp-BMW machine, developing 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 manufacturer was so badly destroyed by Allied bombing that development ceased in 1944. A further 98 devices were constructed by the Soviets in 1946 as reparations.

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