PMZ-A-750

The PMZ-A-750 (Russian: ПМЗ-А-750) is a heavy motorcycle that was made in the USSR in the 1930s by Podol'skiy Mekhanicheskiy Zavod ("Podolsk Mechanical Plant", or PMZ). It is the first heavy motorcycle to have been manufactured in the USSR.

==History== thumb|2019 Russian postage stamp commemorating the PMZ-A-750 The NATI (Scientific Auto & Tractor Institute) in Moscow designed the PMZ-A-750 at the request of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy. A main designer was Pyotr Mozharov, who had been responsible for early IZh motorcycle prototypes, and practised in the German BMW works. The design used a flathead V-twin engine like a Harley-Davidson; a pressed steel frame like the BMW R12 and R17; and an unusual trailing link front fork. The new motorcycle was at first designated NATI-A-750.