At the age of 12 Bruno Rossati began working eleven hour days.
"Now, approaching 91, I find myself reminiscing about my youth, still riding my motorcycle every day.
Letter re Ladetto
The Russian Jakovlev brothers built this copy of the Dutch built TIBO machines, that were soon proving to be such a great success.
Another machine using a fairly standard Jawa engine, the frame comes with a very similar layout (engine mounted very far forward in the frame) and from a distance, it looks almost the same as the TIBO, although the suspension units are slightly different.
Easily recognisable, the Jakovlev machines are all painted white.
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