The BMW R 71 is a heavy motorcycle produced by the German company BMW, produced from 1938 to 1941, and was adopted by the Wehrmacht.
Known as the prototype of the Soviet Ural and Dnepr motorcycles, a copy of the BMW R 71 model called M-72 marked the beginning of mass production of heavy motorcycles in the USSR.
The motorcycle was equipped with an opposed lower-valve two-cylinder air-cooled engine with a displacement of 746 cc and a power of 22 hp.
