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
For 1927, the model names were standardised, with the sidevalve machines named Touriste and the OHV models named Sport.
The company was hard-hit by the sudden economic downturn of 1929 and despite the high quality of its machines closed that same year.
Sources: Tragatsch p276, Wikipedia NL
Notes
Tragatsch spells the Belgian marque Sphinx.
There is record of a Sphinx brand built (or marketed) in Paris, supplied with a 100cc ROB engine. Other marques with this name: Sphinx
