BMW K100 Motorcycle 1

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

In the 1930s BMW were creating a range of popular and highly effective motorcycles. In 1938 development of the R75 started in reaction to a submission from the German Military.

Preproduction models of the R75 were run by way of a 750 cc side valve engine, that was predicated on the R71 engine unit. However it was quickly found essential to design an all-new OHV 750 cc engine motor for the R75 unit. This OHV engine unit later became the foundation for succeeding 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 fitted with a locking differential and selectable highway and off-road products ratios by which all four and invert 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 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 upon standardization of parts for both machines, with a view of eventually making 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 decided that the manufacture of the R75 would cease once production reached 20,200 devices, and from then on point BMW and Z?ndapp would only produce the Z?ndapp-BMW machine, making 20,000 each year.

Since the concentrate on of 20,200 BMW R75's had not been reached, it continued to be in production before Eisenach stock was so badly harmed by Allied bombing that development ceased in 1944. A further 98 devices were built by the Soviets in 1946 as reparations.

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