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Post by rotxxyyzz on Dec 3, 2007 6:32:20 GMT 1
shared this info before in some other forums but maybe would be of interest for some germ. mil.-vehicles enthusiast as well: for the next few years i'm located in china here in china BMW R71 look-a-likes are still produced - see pics! the design is based on the BMW R71 with some mods but general layout still like 50 / 60 years ago ... i already bought one - got it and made the first few hunred kilometers with the rig! lots of fun! will take the rig with me when i get back to germany in a few years ... See pics:
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Post by Rolf Sigurd Ask on Dec 10, 2007 0:27:08 GMT 1
Nice looking. Does it have any problems like the russian bikes? As far as I have understod, the russian bikes have problems with the oil pump. And what does this one cost you?
Rolf
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Post by rotxxyyzz on Dec 11, 2007 16:28:39 GMT 1
Nice looking. Does it have any problems like the russian bikes? As far as I have understod, the russian bikes have problems with the oil pump. And what does this one cost you? Rolf some say there might be some problems with material but i know several guys which run one of these bikes since more than 5.000 km without any major problems ... price was approx 2.800 euros
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Post by william on Jan 1, 2010 21:09:59 GMT 1
New here - Hello. I've got one of these bikes with the sidevalve engine. They are based on the BMW R71. The generally accepted history of these bikes is that the Soviets got the licence plus tooling for the BMW R71 under the Molotov/Von Ribentrop pact in 1939 and produced it as the M72 up to about 1957. Most of the Soviet heavy 4 stroke bikes are descended from this Model. The Ural factory in Siberia transferred the tooling to Red China who then produced it in the Nanking Aircraft factory up to about 1996. The picture shows the Chinese developed OHC model called the M1S. My bike us under restoration and tuning at the moment and will be finnished in feltgrau. I have a friend who has one in unrestored in PLA green. They are no less reliable than an old BMW and cheaper to fix. Same goes for Soviet bikes, of which I have 3. WW2 Renactors use these as a replacement for the BMW R12 although only a few requisitioned R71s were used by the whermacht. I have one downloaded picture of an R71 used by the German mountain troops in north Norway. Attachments:
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