A Classic Chang Jiang Sidecar - M72

We comtemplated a long time before we actually loaded these pictures. For any collector of M72 sidecars, it will be interesting. It is not glamours but it shows you the reality of what some of these old (40 years) sidecars look like when we get them. You can tell that most of them are in poor condition and needs to be totally rebuilt. We have seen junk yards with many of them being cut and sold as scrap metal. We have often towed these bikes back to Beijing only to find that the frames have been rusted out from the inside and will fall apart. The reason why the locals riders will not spend much to rebuild them is because they are too old to be licensed and are not road legal thus they risk it being confiscated when riding them. Listed below is also a picture of a Chang Jiang made bucket frame that is similar to the M72 bucket frame, this frame is made in China where as the older frames are Russian made.

There are quite a few of these old Chang Jiang M72 around, mostly in the country side and we also know of people in Beijing that have them sitting in the yard waiting for a new home. All these old Chang Jiang sidecars need lots of work to make it run again and if you are interested in restoring a Chang Jiang M72, feel free to contact us.