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Offline PEZBerq

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Saw this today on the Yahoo Husky Owners forum.  Thought it was a great initiative.

Good to see the man is providing access to same early Dirt Bike memorabilia.
Cost seems reasonable - I can only imaging how long it took to scan 42 editions of Dirt Bike magazine! ;D ;D ;D

Cant get the email address fully from the Yahoo Husky Owners forum because it links you to Arizona Vintage Motocross Racing forum which wont let you in.  Maybe other forum members know how to email him?



Want your very own copies of the Glory Years of Dirt Bike Magazine? That would normally set you back a huge sum of money.  Well, here’s the next best thing.  I scanned all 42 issues and they’re now available.  That’s every issue from June of 1971 through all of 1974.  The June ’71 issue was the very first issue.  I worked on all of these magazines until that last issue in 1974.  You’ll see a big difference in content in that last issue and the ones that preceded it.

 Every issue has every page included.  All the color pages are reproduced in color.  You can print out every page if you want to, since the issues were produced in Picasa 3 format.  Or you can put it in your computer (or CD/DVD player) and simply enjoy a slideshow of each and every month.  There are seven discs included in the package.  Each disc contains one-half of a year (six issues) in order.  This comes to about 3000 pages total.

 

   The cost is $75 and that includes postage and shipping anywhere in the US.  Accept Paypal (Paypal address: superhunky@...), personal checks or money orders.  No plastic. All orders are shipped Priority rush mail.

Rick Sieman

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Maricopa, AZ   85238

Email: superhunky@...

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Re: US Dirt Bike Mag issues 1971 - 1974 on CDROM from Super Hunky
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2009, 09:42:13 pm »
It'll cost you a lot more than that to buy those issues on eBay, that's for sure!  ;)

Rick's a great guy - if you are interested in those early issues (and yes, they are GOLD), then I couldn't think of a more deserving person to be the provider of those scans.  ;D

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Re: US Dirt Bike Mag issues 1971 - 1974 on CDROM from Super Hunky
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2009, 02:57:12 pm »
Anyone know how Hunky's health is going - soounds like he may be on the way back from the scare he had?

It would be good to check that out - I have most of the DB that period as that was MY TIME - a sort of two wheeled coming of age along with MXA. All copies have my scratchy name written on them in the corner and the hand writing never got much better !!!
 
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Re: US Dirt Bike Mag issues 1971 - 1974 on CDROM from Super Hunky
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2009, 04:15:03 pm »
The last I heard from him was that his health was on the improve and he was even planning to have a ride of a bike.  :)

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Re: US Dirt Bike Mag issues 1971 - 1974 on CDROM from Super Hunky
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2009, 07:07:20 pm »
Yeah, I'd be interested in the disc.
Any leads on the e-mail address? Anyone? Anyone? Somebody? :-\
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Re: US Dirt Bike Mag issues 1971 - 1974 on CDROM from Super Hunky
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2009, 09:28:19 pm »
Talked to him this morning.
He's doing ok.
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Re: US Dirt Bike Mag issues 1971 - 1974 on CDROM from Super Hunky
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2009, 07:32:56 pm »
Got my CD's from Rick today. :) :)  Well presented and work great.  Enjoying reading his column from the first edition - about people that go out on big rides without any spares or forethought and get to overnight in the desert with their broken down bike.  Apparently happened to about 600 people on some ride that left local authorities very unimpressed!  ::) Takes a bit of getting used to reading a magazine on the computer though...guess I'm just an old fossil but I'd rather be reading it in more traditional locations ;D ;D ;D
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Re: US Dirt Bike Mag issues 1971 - 1974 on CDROM from Super Hunky
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2009, 07:49:27 pm »
$75US eh..Santa may have to come early this year ;D

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Re: US Dirt Bike Mag issues 1971 - 1974 on CDROM from Super Hunky
« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2009, 11:26:43 am »
Yes Doc - just find 1GB on your hard drive, load the CD's on and read away.  On XP I use the Windows Picture & Fax Viewer and its magic scrolling through the archives.  Just read the test on the 74 Husky 250 Mag and now want one! ::) ::)
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