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

In the 1930s BMW were creating a range of popular and impressive motorcycles. In 1938 development of the R75 started in response to a get from the German Army.

Preproduction types of the R75 were driven by way of a 750 cc aspect valve engine, which was based on the R71 engine. However it was quickly found essential to design an all-new OHV 750 cc engine for the R75 device. This OHV engine 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 driven with an axle connected to the rear wheel of the motorcycle. They were equipped with a locking differential and selectable highway and off-road equipment ratios by which all four and change gears functioned. This made the R75 highly manoeuvrable and with the capacity of negotiating most floors. A few other 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 broadly employed by the Wehrmacht in Russia and North Africa, though after a period 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 Military, 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. They also decided that the produce of the R75 would stop once production reached 20,200 units, and after that point BMW and Z?ndapp would only produce the Z?ndapp-BMW machine, making 20,000 each year.

Since the target of 20,200 BMW R75's had not been reached, it remained in production until the Eisenach factory was so badly harmed by Allied bombing that production ceased in 1944. An additional 98 units were put together by the Soviets in 1946 as reparations.

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