M72

An elderly woman called the AVER&GARAGE ATV service and said she had a very good wartime motorcycle for sale, which her husband rode. 37 years ago, while riding his motorcycle in the village in winter, he fell through the ice with his motorcycle and drowned. in the summer, the motorcycle was taken out and a relative began to repair it and also died, so the motorcycle stood in her shed for 37 years. This is certainly not our position, but we decided to buy this motorcycle for content and also to help grandma sell it. Our task was to wind him up. We washed it, oiled it, serviced it, and adjusted the ignition, and it started up. We also took a ride on it and decided to share our purchase with you. History: In the USSR, the decision to produce a special army motorcycle was made in early 1940. Under the leadership of N. P. Serdyukov, who completed an internship at the BMW plant from 1935 to 1940[3], a specialized design bureau for heavy motorcycle construction was established on the basis of the Iskra Moscow experimental plant. The BMW R 71 motorcycle (BMW-750) was chosen as a sample for complete copying[4][5], who by that time had established himself well in the Wehrmacht. Five motorcycles and technical documentation were anonymously purchased in Sweden. Since the spring of 1941, the production of a motorcycle under the M-72 brand was deployed at the Moscow Motorcycle Plant (MMZ), Through cooperation, ZIS received stolen documentation and supplied engines, KIM (now AZLK)...