Alfa img Showing gt; BMW R75 Model

The BMW R75 is a World Battle II-era motorcycle and sidecar mixture made by the German company BMW.

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

Preproduction models of the R75 were powered by a 750 cc aspect valve engine, which was based on the R71 engine motor. However it was quickly found essential to design an all-new OHV 750 cc engine motor for the R75 device. This OHV engine 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 connected to the rear wheel of the motorcycle. These were installed with a locking differential and selectable highway and off-road gear ratios through which all four and reverse gears did the trick. This made the R75 highly manoeuvrable and capable 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 greatly 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 Army, agreed after standardization of parts for both machines, with a view of eventually building 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 agreed that the production of the R75 would stop once production reached 20,200 systems, and from then on point BMW and Z?ndapp would only produce the Z?ndapp-BMW machine, manufacturing 20,000 each year.

Since the aim for of 20,200 BMW R75's was not reached, it remained in production before Eisenach manufacturing plant was so terribly destroyed by Allied bombing that creation ceased in 1944. A further 98 models were assembled by the Soviets in 1946 as reparations.

Related Images with Alfa img Showing gt; BMW R75 Model

Model Builders Web Page!: Zundapp KS750 Motorcycle With BMW Sidecar

BMW Reveals Laser Headlights for Motorcycles Motorcycle.com News

BMW R1200R Scrambler Motorcycle additionally BMW Motorcycles Cafe