Dnepr (motorcycle brand)
Dnepr , or Dnipro (ua :), also transcribed with Dnjepr in German, is a trade name for motorcycles and motorcycle sideboards from Kiev , Ukraine , which has been used since 1977.
Motorcycles have been manufactured at the Kyivs'kyi Mototsikletnyi Zavod ( Kyivs'kyi Mototsikletnyi Zavod ) motorcycle plant since 1946 . The Dnepr motorcycles and those of the other Soviet brand Ural from the Irbiter Motorcycle Works (IMZ Ural) are based on the BMW R 71 . From 1941 the M 72, a copy of the Irbiter Molotow M72 "Motozikl" (also incorrectly called "Molotow"), was built. The IMZ Ural also supplied parts.
Independent models of the Dnepr motorcycle series
In 1956 the K-750 came with a new swing arm chassis, first with a short swing fork , later with a telescopic fork again . Then the models K-650 , MT-9 , MT-10 , MT-11 and MT-16 were produced, all with OHV engines and principally the K750 chassis.
By 1989, 2 million machines had rolled off the production line. At peak times, around 9,000 people were employed at IMZ Ural. The motorcycles for civil production, however, had a very bad reputation and only a few loyal fans operate such a machine after a complete rebuild.
The current program includes:
- Dnepr-11, a road machine with a non-powered sidecar
- Dnepr-16, an off-road machine with a sidecar drive
- Dnepr-600, a motorcycle trailer
Special solutions:
- Dnepr-310, cargo tricycle
- Dnepr-11M, motorcycle with cargo sidecar
- Dnepr-16M, military version of the Dnepr-16
- Dnepr-156M, fire department version with various fire extinguishers
- Dnepr-955, traffic police version with full fairing
- Dnepr-303, a trike
