Photo: Blitz Motorcycle
An old and once unusable BMW motorcycle can still cause ripples when cruising down the street, and proof of that is this 1974 R75/5 that got a new lease on life thanks to a Paris-based garage.
The R75 range of motorcycles has a long story at BMW. A bike wearing this designation was first made by the Bavarians during the Second World War in response to a request from the Wehrmacht. Usually deployed on the battlefields with a sidecar, this motorcycle has been heavily featured in WWII movies.
As soon as the war ended, so did production of the R75, but BMW brought the nameplate back in the early 1970s as boxer-twin motorcycles sold in three variants: R50/5, R60/5, and R75/5, named so to mirror the type of engine used.
The R75/5 was fitted with a 750cc Boxer and developed 50 hp and 58 Nm of torque. Of course, that only happened if the bike still had an engine.
Tasked with finding an R75/5 for a customer, Paris-based Blitz Motorcycles got its hands on one with half that engine missing. Even so, it set out to rebuild it, and the result can be admired in the gallery above.
Both the engine (pistons, rings, valves, gasket, carburetors) and the electric wiring had to be rebuilt from the ground up for the bike to get a new lease on life.
The modifications made to the decade’s old machine also included the shortening of the front fork, and the addition of bespoke parts, including the shocks and mudguards. Some visual tweaks have been made as well with the addition of a Honda fuel tank and liters upon liters of black paint.
The motorcycle is currently enjoying its new life on British roads. After being revived, it was renamed Sroul, which we're told is the Arabic word for Black Magic.
As soon as the war ended, so did production of the R75, but BMW brought the nameplate back in the early 1970s as boxer-twin motorcycles sold in three variants: R50/5, R60/5, and R75/5, named so to mirror the type of engine used.
The R75/5 was fitted with a 750cc Boxer and developed 50 hp and 58 Nm of torque. Of course, that only happened if the bike still had an engine.
Tasked with finding an R75/5 for a customer, Paris-based Blitz Motorcycles got its hands on one with half that engine missing. Even so, it set out to rebuild it, and the result can be admired in the gallery above.
Both the engine (pistons, rings, valves, gasket, carburetors) and the electric wiring had to be rebuilt from the ground up for the bike to get a new lease on life.
The modifications made to the decade’s old machine also included the shortening of the front fork, and the addition of bespoke parts, including the shocks and mudguards. Some visual tweaks have been made as well with the addition of a Honda fuel tank and liters upon liters of black paint.
The motorcycle is currently enjoying its new life on British roads. After being revived, it was renamed Sroul, which we're told is the Arabic word for Black Magic.
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