1945, IMZ M-72 (Ural). Review & test-drive, part 1. Motorworld by V. Sheyanov classic bike museum

The article about IMZ M-72 (Ural): Based on BMW R-71, the pre-WWII model, the Soviet heavy motorcycle model M-72 had been produced from 1941 to the mid-1950s. The design work was commenced in 1939 when the Soviet government, alarmed with Hitler’s ambitions re expanding German-controlled territory, started its rearmament program for the Red Army. Germans already had their successes in designing heavy motorcycles, so a decision was made to “adapt” a relevant German