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
Built limited numbers of motorcycles from 1913 and began production in 1920 using Blackburne engines housed in a typically primitive frame equipped with a sprung front fork, and bicycle pedals.
These were built until 1926 or 27, when the the name was changed to Monark.
Sources: Correspondence, wikipedia.nl.
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Swedish, 1913-1926 sold as "Esse" then changed to the Monark name 1927-1975 --
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