Changjiang 750 (Cj750) Motorcycle, 1938 BMW R71 Reproduction

HISTORY:
From east to west, a great number of motorcycles were used in World War II.Being small, light, quick, and easy to conceal, they were good on road and offroad being very adaptable, Motorcycles were perfect for quick reconnaissance aswell as carrying dispatches and communications. And, in being so flexible andversatile, they were always in the forefront of the action. many sidecararrived the wounded.
Early in 1938 BMW began producing an advanced range of motorcycles, BMW R71 isone of them. This included the R71 with a 750CC side valve engine designed tobetter handle the additional stress of a sidecar attachment. After a Huntingtrip with Joachim Von Ribbentrop, German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stalintook five BMW R71 motorcycles back to Russia. As Germany needed money to finance the war effortand Russia wanted to producea reliable, latest technology, heavy class motorcycle of its own, this wasachieved in a seven year trade agreement signed in Moscow by Soviet Foreign Minister VyacheslavMolotov and the German Foreign Minister, Joachim Von Ribbentrop on August 23,1939. Russianame of R71 is M72. The interested thing is BMW R71 is same non- capturedequipment used by two party GERMAN and CCCP. Many country copy R71 , Japan, France,Swiss, Belgian, Even the American's Harley-Davidson was willing to copy the BMWmotorcycle at that time after capturing a few BMW in North Africa ,This resulted in the Harley-Davidson XA model which alsofeatured a flat twin engine. Since Chinaand the U.S.S.R. were allies, Then, in 1957, the Chinese started their ownproduction under the name of CHANG JIANG 750.The BMW R71 was a perfect solution for Chinese army mobilize ,Chinese rename itto "Chang Jiang" after the longest river in China (3rd longest riverin the world) and entered production during 1957 at an Aircraft ManufacturingCompany", they also made fighter, trainer for China Air Force till today.In 1969, CHANG JIANG 750 bikes had already had some technical changes, In 1980the Chinese built the OHV, 32 horse power, 12 volts electric, as the gear boxwith reverse. Since then, the Chinese CHANG JIANG production has grown to manydifferent types and models, and mess produce CJ750 classical motorcycle bymillions in numbers. Because the CJ 750 M1 and M1M manufactory by the sameoriginal tools as the original BMW designed, thus the Chang Jiang 750 is the closest BMW R71 motorcycle replica you can gettoday in the world comes with technical improvements. Now day CJ fans all overthe world, from China to USto Norway.from New Foundland to Cape of Good Hope, and CJ family still growing andgrowing, how long the Chang Jiang 750 bikes will remind in production willdetermined by the history itself.

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Notice:This bike has been used for military purposes. It is built with the finestquality components and materials and can handle heavy duty or off-roadconditions and is also great for daily riding. This bike is not only a vintagecollector bike.
Today CJ teams are all over the world from New Found land to Cape of Good Hopefrom China to USA, to Norway.

German deset tan, very popular color