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
Classic German Motorcycles & Mopeds
The Rixe company began in 1922 in Bielefeld, Germany and built their first motorcycles in the 1930s, mostly lightweight BMA-style machines powered by F&S engines of up to 98 cc. Postwar machines were powered by Sachs and JLO with engines of up to 250cc.