Chang Jiang 750 Motorcycle $8,500

The CHANG JIANG 750 motorcycle is the Chinese clone of the Russian M72, who itself is the clone of the BMW R71.

After the Russian copied the R71 and used it successfully during world war II, they sold a couple of M72s to the Chinese during the fifties.

Then, in 1957, the Chinese started their own M72 production under the name of CHANG JIANG 750.

The early CHANG JIANG 750 motorcycle production was made by the GUO YING GAN JIANG JI XIE CHANG. The early production was using a lot of Russian M72 parts such as fenders, frames, wheels, ignition keys, switches ,etc….

Even some complete Russian made M72 were recalled CHANG JIANG 750. Some had the Russian engine changed to a Chinese made one.

As a tip to recognize Chinese made casing from Russian ones, the Russian made casing is smoother than the Chinese one.

Some little differences also can be noticed on bike’s frames, sidecar’s frames.

Chinese made front fenders are a little different from Russian’s :

The brackets hold with bolts and screws where the Russian made ones hold with rivets and are in 1 piece.
Has not yet been broken in yet and it comes with these extras: it has a 32 HP OHV engine not the flat head 28HP engine it also has 3.89:1 final drive kit and a deep oil pan and the bike has a full VIN #’S and has been titled in FL. As a 1974 Chang Jiang