ENGINE 745CC M275/2 BOXER TWIN
OUTPUT 26 HP @ 4,000 RPM
CURB WEIGHT 880 LBS. W/SIDECAR
TOP SPEED 62 MPH
PRICE WHEN NEW N/A (MILITARY SALES ONLY)
YEARS PRODUCED 1941-’44
NUMBER BUILT APPROX. 18,000
COLOR SAHARA TAN
OWNER LOTHAR SCHUETTLER (SINCE 1989)
LOCATION DARNESTOWN, MARYLAND
#764342
1942 R 75
The R 75 was designed by Alex von Falkenhausen exclusively for military use, with a hardtail frame that used a bolt-on rear section for easy engine removal. The low-compression engine had reinforced rocker covers, and an air cleaner mounted above the fuel tank. The four-speed transmission drove the rear motorcycle and sidecar wheels, with high and low ratios. Many R 75s were abandoned during Germany’s retreat; the bike seen here was driving a plow in Czechoslovakia when it was found in 1989 by BMW’s Helmut Bauer. Bauer restored it for Lothar Schuettler in the tan paint of Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps.