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
Turgan-Foy Motorcycles & Tricycles
Turgan, Foy et Cie
96 98 rue Sadi Carnot, Levallois Perret (Seine)
From c.1899 to 1902 they constructed 2¼ h.p. tricycles and 4 h.p. competition motorcycles, for which they built their own engines. Early models may have been fitted with engines from Flitz of Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Until 1907 when they closed, the firm also manufactured automobiles, trucks (including road-trains) and buses, some of which were steam-powered.
Sources: Bourdache p442; de.wikipedia.org.
