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Sputnik VMZ 9.203 (9.101 - 9.204cargo)

Russian sidecar IZH, ISH, ISCH sputnik VMZ 9.203 and the cargo version BM3 9.204

IZH was in the USSR and CIS a major manufacturer that produced weapons besides motorcycles.
Only through the opening to the West also occasionally motorcycles and sidecars the company IZH came into the European space.
Since 1927, the IZH plant has produced about 11 million motorcycles.
After 1945, inter alia, also German motorcycle models from DKW (NZ350) produced and later developed.
Subcontractor was the company VMZ (Vyatskopolyanskiy mashinostroitel'nyy zavod), which provided alongside muffler, air filter, steering, tires and pumps, from 1956 to Izhevsk sidecar.
Thus became known to the sidecar type Sputnik, which was made for the bike and Planet Jupiter.
The sidecarproduction began in 1956 with the BP56 model and followed up to 1976 models BP58, BP62, BP65 and VMZ 9,101.
The sidecar type VMZ 9,203> Sputnik 'was built from 1985 to 2005.
As cargo trailer the sidecar was sold under the name VMZ 9,204 (see photo below).

IZH history

IZH Jupiter and Planeta (Russian Иж Планета) are a series of Russian motorcycle models.
Jupiter are equipped with 2-cylinder engines and Planeta are single cylinder.
The IZH Planeta be manufactured in the factory Kalashnikov Concern since 1962.
Planeta 5 was produced in the years 1987-2008.
Until Planeta-6 single-cylinder two-stroke engines have been used with 350 cc engine.
The Planeta-7 (sports) has a single-cylinder four-stroke engine with 250 cc Rotax.
Furthermore, in Izhevsker Maschinenfabrik (IZHEVSK MOTORCYCLE JSC) models such as the Saturn, Orion and Sirius emerged.
Between 1996 and 2000 Chopper Model (Juncker) was developed.
Current information can be found at http://www.izhmoto.ru (Google Translate helps)