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
In 1935 BMW introduced two models with telescopic forks, the sidevalve R-12 and the OHV R-17, the first motorcycles to incorporate hydraulic shock absorbers in the front suspension.[1]
N.B. 1. It has been suggested that Nimbus introduced damped telescopic forks earlier than BMW.
