Description
1949 – M-72 motorcycle Low front mudgaurd fitted with first type side car
This bike is unrestored and origenal approx 85%.
Orginal log book all matching numbers with EU import documents
• Engineering: 746cc Flat Side Valve Engine, 4 speed Gearbox and shaft driven Differencial:
• The Ride: Telescopic Fronts Forks with hydraulic shocks, Rear Spring Suspension and double rear pinion seat
• Metal work: Single tube Frame, No gussets, first type rear and low front Mudguards, first type rear Luggage rack (fitted with removeable double spring seat)
• Fuel system: 22 ltr Petrol Tank with tool box and key, single lever Petrol tap, pair of K-37 Carburettors
• Main 6-volt Electronics: Ignition PM-05, Spark plugs 11 AU, Katek Coil IG-4085, Regulator RR31-, Generator G-11-A, Horn C-35A
• Headlamp: Speedo SP8A, Ignition/Main switch
• On the road: 4 first type thin drums and rims
• Side car attachment: First Hard type fitted from 1941 to 1949
A short history
• In 1939 the Soviet Union and Germany signed an agreement/pact of which a part of; was for the production in Moscow (copy under Licence) of the BMW R-71. BMW provided the design, tooling and training for the so-called soviet boxer, branded in the Soviet Union as the M-71. Manufacturing got underway and first motorcycles and sidecars were produced in 1941, but, by this time Russia and Germany were enemies and the main factories were moved to Irbit (IMZ) in Siberia far out of bombing range and Gorky (GMZ). Motorcycles were produced at both factories, but all sidecars only at Gorky
• M-71 was slightly changed and became the M-72 were produced at IMZ in Irbit from 1942 until 1955. Another big move took place around 1952 parts for motorcycles and sidecars being sent to Kiev in the Ukraine (KMZ) factory to help start their own pro-duction. Bikes build in Kiev from 1952 to 1956 M-72-N were generally made up of a mix of leftover parts and first local production and were for the first time for sale to the public in 1951.
• In 1957 was sold off to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) The IMZ plant which had supplied M-72 to the PRC military later moved all M72 production line to PRC 1959 where production seized in 1969. Production continued of a later version the Chang Jiang CJ-750 uptil mid 1980’s
