Wartime R75 BMW with drive to sidecar wheel . The helmet shaped thing on the tank is an air filter. 18,000 units were made before production ended in 1944.
Production ended in 1944 but then was picked up after the war in Soviet Russia using designs siezed as war reparations. Labeled 'Dneiper' or 'Ural' motorcycles they're still available with some modern updates like fuel injection, but just as clunky and underpowered as ever. I feel safe insulting them - what are the odds that my neighbor who rides one reads this?
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I believe the air cleaner is for desert operations.
Yes, the Afrika Korps palm tree emblem is just missing the swastika.
Production ended in 1944 but then was picked up after the war in Soviet Russia using designs siezed as war reparations. Labeled 'Dneiper' or 'Ural' motorcycles they're still available with some modern updates like fuel injection, but just as clunky and underpowered as ever. I feel safe insulting them - what are the odds that my neighbor who rides one reads this?
They sold the Dneiper/Ural here in Canada for very low prices. Dneiper Dumping?
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