1945 M-80, USSR. One оf the first Soviet sports motorcycles of the post-war era. Several samples of M-80 were manufactured, and they participated in competitions in the late 1940s (some remaining photographs bear evidence of this fact). In the summer of 1947 a famous racer Yevgueni Gringaut, the US … baca lanjutannya ►
1944 Zündapp KS750, Germany. At the end of the 1930s a motorcycle model KS 750 was developed by Zündapp Werke GmbH plant in Nuremberg and accepted by the Wehrmacht. It was designed for off-road rides over a very rough terrain and, as such, had higher off-road capacity and manoeuvrability; it was a … baca lanjutannya ►
According to the classification of that time, OHV machines were called sports vehicles, and their light-weight, boosted versions intended for competitions were called racing bikes. The road version of the M-75 did not, however, make it to batch production, so that all subsequent work was done foir t … baca lanjutannya ►
1944 Zündapp KS750 and infantry trailer IF8, Germany. With the sidecar, this motorcycle had a mass of 420 kg, but it was, nevertheless, simple to control and reliable to operate. The sidecar featured torsion-bar suspension, having a wheel drive and brake from the rear axle of the motorcycle. Ammuni … baca lanjutannya ►
1947 SMZ M-76, USSR ☭. When in 1947 Irbit Motorycle Plant (IMZ) began the production of a sports 750 cc bike M-75, Serpukhov motorcycle plant (SMZ) started its improvement. The new motorcycle with the M-76 index had aluminum cylinders replaced cast-iron, new camshafts and a lubrication system with … baca lanjutannya ►
1947 M-75, USSR ☭. The high-efficiency engine was overheating very often, resulting in the middle cheek of the two-bearing crankshaft to crack; also the flanged lip would fail, with which the cylinder was affixed to the crankcase. Plant workers knew of these disadvantages and they were trying hard … baca lanjutannya ►
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