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Sam Green was and still is a Bad-Ass
« on: January 30, 2021, 11:03:12 AM »
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Re: Sam Green was and still is a Bad-Ass
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2021, 01:45:48 PM »
Awwww man,don't fill his head with that stuff....lol.love ya sam

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Re: Sam Green was and still is a Bad-Ass
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2021, 01:59:16 PM »
 Iconic, of course. 
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Re: Sam Green was and still is a Bad-Ass
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2021, 07:00:56 AM »
I didn't know motorcycles were invented when Sam was that young  ::) ;) :)
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Re: Sam Green was and still is a Bad-Ass
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2021, 11:24:52 AM »
And with a fag in his mouth!  ::)

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Re: Sam Green was and still is a Bad-Ass
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2021, 11:26:36 AM »
Honestly I used the smoke to make a positive ID.  ;)

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Re: Sam Green was and still is a Bad-Ass
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2021, 11:54:42 AM »
Here's a couple of slightly more recent pics. ;D
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Re: Sam Green was and still is a Bad-Ass
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2021, 12:41:04 PM »
Back in 2011 with the relay ride at the Rockingham Race Track in NC. Here Sam is getting ready to take his CB 750 down the strip.


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Re: Sam Green was and still is a Bad-Ass
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2021, 01:40:50 PM »
Sam on my cbr at piedmont in 2008


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Re: Sam Green was and still is a Bad-Ass
« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2021, 02:13:07 PM »
And he's riding a rocket in that first pic!  BTW - what bike is that?
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Re: Sam Green was and still is a Bad-Ass
« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2021, 02:26:33 PM »
And he's riding a rocket in that first pic!  BTW - what bike is that?

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Re: Sam Green was and still is a Bad-Ass
« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2021, 02:44:00 PM »
The bike in the first pic may be a 125cc Honda Benly, or a 150cc?
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