This is an original M-72 Sidecar from the Military Motorcycle Ural!

Based on BMW R-71, the pre-WWII model, the Soviet heavy motorcycle model M-72 was produced from 1941 to the mid-1950s. The design work was commenced in 1939 when the Soviet government, alarmed with Hitler’s ambitions of re-expanding German-controlled territory, started its rearmament program for the Red Army. Germans already had their successes in designing heavy motorcycles, so a decision was made to “adopt” a relevant German technological solution to save time.

V. M. Molotov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, arranged for a secret purchase of five BMW R-71 motorcycles in Sweden, after which Soviet designers immediately started their work. By the spring of 1941, the production of the model under the label M-72 was launched at the Moscow Motorcycle Plant (MMZ). Under cooperation agreements, the ZiS, a Moscow automobile plant, developed the documentation. It delivered engines for the motorcycle, while the KIM (today, the AZLK Automobile Plant, also in Moscow) provided gearboxes. The GAZ, the Gorky Automobile Plant, produced the cardan shaft and the sidecar. The Moscow Bicycle Plant produced these motorcycles until 1951. The second production base was launched at a Kharkiv plant, and it was getting engines from the Kyiv Plant of Medical Instrumentation. In Leningrad, the Krasny Oktyabr [Red October] plant also took up the production of the M-72. After February 1942, M-72 motorcycles were being manufactured in Irbit (see Irbit Motorcycle Plant) since equipment and machinery from the MMZ, KiM, ATE-1, as well as the motor shop from the ZiS, were evacuated. Main Design Bureau was also relocated from Moscow to Irbit. It was headed by Aleksandr Minovich Fyodorov, while I.I. Okunev, N.A.Kukin and V.V.Bekman were among their designers, and S.I. Karzinkin and B.V. Zefirov were their test drivers.

The sidecar was sandblasted, refurbished, and repainted with car paint using modern technologies.

This item includes a sidecar body, frame, seats, wheel with new bearings, a spare wheel, new tires and inner tubes, lights, a windscreen, the original set of mounting kits, etc.

This sidecar is compatible with popular motorcycles such as BMW, Triumph, Ural, Harley Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha, Suzuki, Indian, etc. Certain types of mounting hardware are necessary depending on the type of motorcycle.

Don't miss your chance to buy a rare, original sidecar for a reasonable price!

Shipping information:

We always make professional, secure packaging. The sidecar is packed unassembled in durable OSB crates and ready for transportation.

We'll ship the sidecar to your address via an express freight shipping service. The crates will be delivered directly to your home address within 3-6 days.This sidecar is stored in a warehouse in Portsmouth, VA. You can pick it up yourself at any time.

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