Dnepr (Official name "KMZ", "Kiev Motorzykly Zavod").
Dnepr was founded in 1946.
Dnepr is the brand name of heavy motorcycles produced in Kiev, Ukraine.
It has been in use since 1967.
Motorcycles have been produced in Kiev since 1946 at the Kiev Motorcycle Plant.
Initial production was of a 98cc 2-stroke model that was confiscated from the German firm Wanderer as reparations. The original design for KMZ heavy motorcycles, and their cousin the IMZ, is taken from the pre-WWII German BMW motorcycle R71, which the Soviet Union licensed in 1940.
The two-stroke 98 cc, Kievlyanin, was the first bike manufactured.
Dnepr went on to manufacture only sidecar bikes till the 1990`s.
The Dnepr 750 were used for Presidential escort during the Soviet Period.
They were used by President Vladimir Putins escort.
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