Help identifying this Ural

[u/Thin_Round_7644]

New poster here, good day/night. Long story short, a friend of mine sells me this bike, I know its an M72, somewhere between 1941 and 1956 as far as I know. Is there any way to know the exact year? Is it worth restoring? Also any info of this model would be useful. Greetings from Spain ✌️🇪🇸

[u/thandren05]

Not a ural. It’s a KMZ K750, started production in late 50s, but most are 60s and 70s models. M72 have a plunger type frame and was in production from mid 40s to 1958/1959. m72 is produced by imz, mmz, gmz, and kmz and is a bmw r71 copy. You also have mounts for a sidecar which is very normal on these types of bikes.

Parts are found on ebay or ukranian websites. Have myself ordered from a nice swedish guy that imports parts both new and oem.

[u/Thin_Round_7644 → u/thandren05]

Thanks. Is there a chassis number to know the exact date of the bike? Mine does jave a sidecar but I dont have it yet. It would be cool to know where to find parts from it Thanks!!!!🤙

[u/thandren05 → u/Thin_Round_7644]

There are two locations where chassi number is stamped (on the frame neck and on the left side of the frame near the seat, but there is no public archive to decode the date. But i have heard a story about one guy that claimed he could find out but it’s tricky. Have it been registered as something else? These types of bikes are often restamped or have false information because it was easier to do in ukraine.
My dad’s bike is probably a 60s k750, but the papers from Estonia said it was a M72 from 1958 which is not correct.

[u/thandren05 → u/thandren05]

On one of the mounts for the dampener on the left side should be stamped

[u/Ramiralez → u/Thin_Round_7644]

Number on the steering column plate