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
Manufactured by Gelderse Motoren Fabriek, Varsseveld and Rijssen in the years 1951 to 1960, when the comany failed. In the better years they employed some 70 people.
Models include:
1951 GMF Boy (Gemef)
1952 GMF Boy Luxe
1954 Boy Ketting-Boy
1955 Boy Super-Automatic
1956 Boy Zündapp Double
1957 Boy Zündapp
Most were fitted with a horizontal BOY two-stroke engine of 45cc, 38x40mm B/S.
Sources: mop-ed.se, et al.
Venens op Rijssen II by Gerrit ten Wolthuis gives a history of the Boy factory. The book is available from rijssensmuseum.nl, and the museum often displays GMF mopeds.
