Mick Hemmings Engine Rebuild DVD

Does anyone have a copy I can borrow?

I was given VCR tapes on late Mr. Hudsons engine and trany fumbles and a Norton documentary someone should convert to DVD for future references and a good laugh.

hobot said:

I was given VCR tapes on late Mr. Hudsons engine and trany fumbles and a Norton documentary someone should convert to DVD for future references and a good laugh.

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I too have that on VHS tape, but no player to play it on any more.....

I remember when I bought it many moons ago, before youtube and Forums, how useful it was compared to reading the workshop manual!

Yep Sir I cut my Norton teeth watching Mr. Hudson do his thing, which was so clumsy and slip shod it encouraged me no end to dive in to find the many many things he did not cover to deal with, nor manual, only hand holding from listee's over 5 years to get through it. After about 10 yrs the tape decays so the iron dust holding the data just wipes right off.

uh thanks for that. I just sent a check to INOC to get the disks. Motor held strong to the ton today; road with new BMWs, an old BMW \6. a Dicato amd Hoda. Funny how elected myself road captain.

If you have VHS tapes I can convert those for you. The tapes will deteriorate after time. Only chance is to digitize them.

Already Swoosh these are still in good shape and in nice picture covered cases and will donate to have someone with more responsible conditions to preserve. I don't think any one selling Mr. Hudson's anymore so copy right issues mutt but his fumbles and the suspense of the LOUD flamethrower on bench with oily rags in a wooden shed are not to be missed in completing ones full scope of the past Commando tech. Leave a snail mail and will get off before summer heat gets to em. DVD's should last couple decades and who knows other ways yet, short of platinum plagues like on Voyager. Holograms in diamond nano crystals in quantum entanglement thru graphene matrix implanted around thymus in brain likely next longest term storage to hold out for, till they find out how to hack that.

I think I have a line on them. It seems our local club has copies.

Let me see what exactly they have.

Thanks to everyone who offered to send me theirs.

There is only a few instructional video out so likely all clubs are topped off so leaves question of what I should do with what is just clutter to me now. Keep em to give when I sell off factory Combat to leave new owner scratching head on another simple Cdo mystery to deal with.

I have a project trying to convert as many old motorcycling VHS tapes a possible , and upload to Youtube. It is a matter of preserving our history , and generating enthusiasm in our kids. Pinnacle video capture cards are good things when used with Nero.

I have them if you still need.

This is something I'd rather own than borrow and might direct more profit to Hemmings if purchased direct from him as he likely has a deal with the producers for some copies he can sell. Shipping across the pond is the killer though so likely can buy cheaper from a more local source. Mick really needs an updated web page and paypal.

RennieK said:

This is something I'd rather own than borrow and might direct more profit to Hemmings if purchased direct from him as he likely has a deal with the producers for some copies he can sell. Shipping across the pond is the killer though so likely can buy cheaper from a more local source. Mick really needs an updated web page and paypal.

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You can buy direct from the INOC?
http://www.inoanorton.com/Merchandise/index.html

RennieK said:

This is something I'd rather own than borrow and might direct more profit to Hemmings if purchased direct from him as he likely has a deal with the producers for some copies he can sell. Shipping across the pond is the killer though so likely can buy cheaper from a more local source. Mick really needs an updated web page and paypal.

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At this point I don't think they want anymore business.

swooshdave said:

RennieK said:

This is something I'd rather own than borrow and might direct more profit to Hemmings if purchased direct from him as he likely has a deal with the producers for some copies he can sell. Shipping across the pond is the killer though so likely can buy cheaper from a more local source. Mick really needs an updated web page and paypal.

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At this point I don't think they want anymore business.

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I guess a business can hit a plateau when they can't produce anymore products without a major retooling or out sourcing (now adays it's offshoring heaven forbid) so if your stock is clearing faster than you can build it you just increase the price to what the market can bare. :cry:

The thing with dvd's is once they've been produced and replicated they are easy items to handle and distribute through the mail at least until they finish a batch and need to decide if they are going to do another batch (I'd expect they produced sufficient quantities to have dvd's pressed from a glass master rather than burnt which are inferior.) If they get to the point where they need a second run they should be starting to make some profit on their venture.

RennieK said:

I guess a business can hit a plateau when they can't produce anymore products without a major retooling or out sourcing (now adays it's offshoring heaven forbid) so if your stock is clearing faster than you can build it you just increase the price to what the market can bare.

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Mick and Angela are busy enough just doing what they already do, and being a 'two person' operation, at their time of life, they neither want or need the extra workload that a website/webshop would probably demand of them. This was what I was told by Angela in no uncertain terms after I once made the mistake of suggesting they set up a proper website.

RennieK said:

The thing with dvd's is once they've been produced and replicated they are easy items to handle and distribute through the mail at least until they finish a batch and need to decide if they are going to do another batch (I'd expect they produced sufficient quantities to have dvd's pressed from a glass master rather than burnt which are inferior.) If they get to the point where they need a second run they should be starting to make some profit on their venture.

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Don't overlook the fact that the "Mick Hemmings" DVDs are products of the UK NOC.
http://www.nortonownersclub.org/shopping

speirmoor said:

RennieK said:

This is something I'd rather own than borrow and might direct more profit to Hemmings if purchased direct from him as he likely has a deal with the producers for some copies he can sell. Shipping across the pond is the killer though so likely can buy cheaper from a more local source. Mick really needs an updated web page and paypal.

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You can buy direct from the INOC?
http://www.inoanorton.com/Merchandise/index.html

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$50????? :shock: for that price It'd better be a boxed blu-ray set with a special feature disc to boot.

acadian said:

speirmoor said:

RennieK said:

This is something I'd rather own than borrow and might direct more profit to Hemmings if purchased direct from him as he likely has a deal with the producers for some copies he can sell. Shipping across the pond is the killer though so likely can buy cheaper from a more local source. Mick really needs an updated web page and paypal.

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You can buy direct from the INOC?
http://www.inoanorton.com/Merchandise/index.html

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$50????? :shock: for that price It'd better be a boxed blu-ray set with a special feature disc to boot.

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Man, you're grouping this with Hollywood offering that's produced in the millions. This is a short run production put together by the people involved with limited resources. $50 sounds like a bargain to me. To share an hour with one of the world's top Norton engine rebuilders is a rare opportunity most of us would never get. Thankfully someone had the foresight to recognize the value and do all the ground work involved in making the dvd a reality. Unfortunately this type of subject matter doesn't appeal to the masses so millions of copies won't ever be sold and NOC won't be making millions on them but I can't imagine their value being any less than $50 to anyone who has a Norton engine they want to rebuild (unless they've done it 100 times already)

The pirates in China that produce counterfeits won't bother with this either because there just isn't enough interest for their time (at counterfeit prices they'd have to sell tons before they could profit). It's easy enough to hack a copy if we have access to an original these days but that would be downright shameful. The same people we sing accolades to on these forums for sharing their life's hard earned Norton wisdom we'd be slyly silently stabbing in the back by not letting them reap their just rewards (or recover their investment) for sharing their knowledge and producing the dvd in the 1st place.

When I get my copy I'll be bucking up my $50 with pride, happy to support the efforts in producing the dvd and knowing it's money well spent.

I bought the engine DVD. It is a good basic guide but showing its age partly due to lowish resolution and the lighting is a bit dark at times. Would be nice if it was a bit more in depth. Im not a tyro in bike building but still found it worth the money.