Vintage Minibike Guide magazine
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:smile:I have already started and have been scanning them for almost a year now I have nearly every copy and almost all of Mini Cycle. For those that don't know Mini Bike Guide Magazine became Mini Cycle Magazine in 1972. Issues will be available on DVD due to the size of each file not sure how many issues will fit on each DVD or what issues but I'm hopeful to have this info soon. Each magazine has been taken apart each page has been scanned at 300dpi and has been edited with photoshop and converted to a PDF file. :thumbsup:
mbg
i am glade you are doing that,but i was thinking would it be legal to copy
each paige,,but insted of disc,,would it be posable to remake a complett
copy,then have copy on pages to have a complet book,,i know it would
not be cheap as you must have a ton of time in it, but as you already
know the org mags are very very expensive to buy,,thanks for what you
are doing,is it possable to do both ? good luck on your venture.:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
i am glade you are doing that,but i was thinking would it be legal to copy
each paige,,but insted of disc,,would it be posable to remake a complett
copy,then have copy on pages to have a complet book,,i know it would
not be cheap as you must have a ton of time in it, but as you already
know the org mags are very very expensive to buy,,thanks for what you
are doing,is it possable to do both ? good luck on your venture.:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
Great points wayne:thumbsup:
I have looked into reprinting each magazine but costs would be out of my range as well make the sale price of each magazine quite costly. As to the publishing rights I have looked into contacting the original publisher with no success.:sadcrying4:
Time invested yes way to many hours to even begin to count them. To do this right in my opinion and its just me being a perfectionist as well as slightly anal about doing this right it takes me anywhere from 3 to 4 hours per magazine as you may or may not know Mini Bike Guide magazine started in 1969 and ran through 1971 Mini Cycle Magazine printed its first issue Jan 1972 and as far as I know only printed through 1974 but I could be wrong on this maybe someone like Mac can clear this up ? Thanks wayne on the vote of confidence as well as your support.:thumbsup:
Any input from other forum members will be highly respected and appreciated.
There is a void in the Mini Bike community and the information within the pages of these magazines is priceless. They need to be preserved and passed on so that others may benefit from the info for years to come.:rockon:
I have looked into reprinting each magazine but costs would be out of my range as well make the sale price of each magazine quite costly. As to the publishing rights I have looked into contacting the original publisher with no success.:sadcrying4:
Time invested yes way to many hours to even begin to count them. To do this right in my opinion and its just me being a perfectionist as well as slightly anal about doing this right it takes me anywhere from 3 to 4 hours per magazine as you may or may not know Mini Bike Guide magazine started in 1969 and ran through 1971 Mini Cycle Magazine printed its first issue Jan 1972 and as far as I know only printed through 1974 but I could be wrong on this maybe someone like Mac can clear this up ? Thanks wayne on the vote of confidence as well as your support.:thumbsup:
Any input from other forum members will be highly respected and appreciated.
There is a void in the Mini Bike community and the information within the pages of these magazines is priceless. They need to be preserved and passed on so that others may benefit from the info for years to come.:rockon:
bayareaburrito, :thumbsup:Thanks for all the hard work your putting onto converting the magazine onto DVD. I was hopping someone with all of the magazines was doing something like this. I will purchase the complete set when your ready to sell the DVDs. I know the guys making big bucks off selling them on ebay will be P.O. But they can find something else to make big bucks off of.:drinkup:Thanks again and keep us posted on progress.
Hold the Fort MAC
Hey Mac : I thought you were a all around mini bike guy ? What about the mini bikes that never came with small wheels like the Powell ? The early Rupp's had 6 inch wheels but changed as time past. And even the Bonanza went with 8 inch wheels on a lot of their premium bikes. I saw the changes when I had the store the old style mini bikes were pushed out of the racing events in one season and the crowd followed. Sales of new old style mini bikes just faded away fast.
Keep collecting the past for us.
Steve
Hey Mac : I thought you were a all around mini bike guy ? What about the mini bikes that never came with small wheels like the Powell ? The early Rupp's had 6 inch wheels but changed as time past. And even the Bonanza went with 8 inch wheels on a lot of their premium bikes. I saw the changes when I had the store the old style mini bikes were pushed out of the racing events in one season and the crowd followed. Sales of new old style mini bikes just faded away fast.
Keep collecting the past for us.
Steve
:doah::lol: teeks I don't think so 
Have you seen what these magazines sell for? I have hundreds if not thousands of dollars invested.
There priceless!! but the info needs to be republished so I have painstakingly removing the 3 staples from each magazine's binding scanned each page then reassembling the magazine.
Have you seen what these magazines sell for? I have hundreds if not thousands of dollars invested.
There priceless!! but the info needs to be republished so I have painstakingly removing the 3 staples from each magazine's binding scanned each page then reassembling the magazine.
:doah::lol: teeks I don't think so
Have you seen what these magazines sell for? I have hundreds if not thousands of dollars invested.
There priceless!! but the info needs to be republished so I have painstakingly removing the 3 staples from each magazine's binding scanned each page then reassembling the magazine.
Have you seen what these magazines sell for? I have hundreds if not thousands of dollars invested.
There priceless!! but the info needs to be republished so I have painstakingly removing the 3 staples from each magazine's binding scanned each page then reassembling the magazine.
Not sure yet how many magazines I will include on each of the DVD's but will contain more then one entire magazine from cover to cover all color pages will be as they were from the original printing. What you will receive is a PDF doc of each magazine starting with the front cover ending with the back of the rear cover. The PDF will read just like a book as well as allow you to print to paper. My main goal is to preserve the info contained within the pages and help revitalize the mini bike community. I have many other magazines as well as articles covering many other mini bikes so there will be extras included on many of the first DVD's.:thumbsup:
mcbob I couldn't agree with you more!! That is why I have held off from republishing. Being a music producer I know full well of the ramifications of copy right infringement. I know that there is a statue of limitations just don't know the time frame before they become public domain? Any help would be greatly appreciated:thumbsup: