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
This page lists brands for which limited information is available. For a more complete listing visit the Italian Index.
See also Obscure Italian Marques.
D.B.
Manufactured around 1955-1956, probably in Bologna.
Lightweight sports motorcycle with four-stroke Sachs engine. A period photograph demonstrates its existence, but little is known of the marque.
Source: Museo del Patrimonio Industriale, Bologna
De-Ca 1955-1958
DKW-Cavani 1948~1957
Durapid Sidecars
Manufactured in Rome in the 1940s and 1950s, aluminium bodied sidecars were factory-fitted to Rumi motorcycles. A 1948 example fitted to a '49 Lambretta has been displayed at the National Automobile Museum of Tasmania.
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