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
A Brief History of the Marque
Remigio Basigli of Ravenna, an athlete, designed and built a new type of rotary engine in 1952. Using the Wankel concept, the RBR 125cc engine weighed only 13kg and was exhibited at the 1960 Milan Show in a new drive to find backing for production, without success.
The NSU Wankel project began around the same time, but it is believed that a working version of the Basigli was demonstrated well before the NSU.
Sources: MC Storico Conti, et al.
