IMZ-Ural
IMZ - Irbitskiy Mototsikletniy Zavod (Ирбитский мотоциклетный завод = ИМЗ) is a
Russian maker of heavy
motorcycles (especially with
sidecars). In 1940, the Soviet Union acquired the design and production techniques for
BMW R71 motorcycles and sidecars. The first
M-72 model was finished in 1941. Originally factories were to be located in
Moscow,
Leningrad (nowadays St. Petersburg) and
Kharkov but due to the approach of
German troops, the
Moscow facilities were moved to
Irbit and the Leningrad and Kharkov facilities to Gorkiy (nowadays
Nizhny Novgorod).
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IMZ Ural
Ирбитский мотоциклетный завод
IMZ-Ural