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
Between 1922 and 1925 Herko-Motorenbau-Gesellschaft m.b.H. (Herkstroeter & Co) of Bielefeld built belt-drive motorcycles using their own two-stroke engines of 113cc to 249cc.
The range included the 1.9 PS, Leichtkraftrad Modell 23, Modell F 169 cc 2 PS, Modell N 2 PS, and the Modell G 2 PS.
It has been suggested that they also used the name Berko, but there is little evidence of this. Berko-Werke of Berlin supplied automotive lighting components in the 1930s and 40s.
Sources: GTU Oldtimerservice; Motopedia; et al.
