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Kawasaki Flat Track Calistoga Tour Photo Gallery

Motorcycle USA made tracks from our Irvine California offices up north to catch the return of AMA Flat Track to Northern California at the Calistoga Half-Mile.

Check out the photos Motorcycle USA's journey to the Calistoga Half-Mile in the Kawasaki Flat Track Calistoga Tour photo gallery. Read the full story in the Kawasaki Flat Track Calistoga Tour travel feature.

The curves of Highway 58 en route to Cambria.

For out Calistoga tour we sampled Kawasaki's Vulcan Nomad.

Hitting the backways through California's coastal range, we pass by the memorial for actor James Dean.

Leaving the mountains behind our group heads North on the scenic Pacific Coast Highway.

Elephant Seals tussle at San Simeon, the lookout just past the looming Hearst Castle.

Open road on the PCH.

Peering through the fog in Big Sur.

Heading north, cliffs with blue ocean to the left, sites like this to the right.

Must stop for coffee in Big Sur.

Heading up the one and smelling the flowers along the way.

Cannery Row, made famous by Steinbeck, familiar to many California riders by post-race revelry during the Laguna Seca USGP.

Back on the PCH north from Santa Cruz, the road gets less curvy but still good views to the left.

View from Pigeon Point lighthouse.

Pigeon Point lighthouse, south of San Francisco on the coast and hostel stop.

Scenic beauty courtesy of Highway 1.

Wind surfers play as we ride through Half Moon Bay.

Getting closer and closer to San Francisco and the Golden Gate.

Before we know it we’re rolling through the tree-lined Presidio and on over the Bay on the Golden Gate Bridge.

It's lofty columns shrouded in fog, the Golden Gate Bridge always makes for a dramatic entrance or exit to San Francisco.

European travelers in rented motorhomes, a common site on the PCH. Though not all of them stop for tea like this...

Napa County Fairgrounds, a quick walk from the main drag on Calistoga.

The bikes were rumbling in all morning headed to the fairgrounds.

AMA legend Dick Mann, winner of Flat Track, Motocross and Road Racing Nationals.

Even 35 years later the Yamaha Flat Tracker looks like a sinister brute.

Dick Mann Triumph.

Famed tuner Bill Werner leads the Kawasaki Twins racing effort, the team campaigning the Ninja 650R.

Jay Springsteen with nephew, who races the Monster Energy team's Pro Singles entry.

Fans line the fence for the racing action at Calistoga.

The sun sets and the fans get ready for the important races.

Tickets to the grandstands sold out at Calistoga.

The grapes get all the glory in Napa County, but riders figure to be paying a visit to the Flat Track oval for years to come.

Voyager takes a run to the winery.

Normally the haunt of sprint cars, the Calistoga Speedway track came together after practice sessions to be a fine surface for the two-wheeled competitors.

Kenny Roberts' TZ750, still imposing after 35 years. Calistoga fans gaped and couldn't help but smile.

Nichole Cheza nabs an early holeshot, the fastest woman on the circuit qualifying for the Calistoga main.

The Motorcycle-Superstore.com Pro Singles class provided plenty of exciting racing.

Brad Baker (1) and Jeffery Carver Jr duke it out in the Pro Singles Calistoga main.

Flat Track’s program format makes for happy spectators. All the action is visible from the grandstands, with the racing furious and broken into numerous heats and semis.

The Calistoga fans got into the excitement of the racing.

Racing under the lights in Calistoga.

Henry Wiles and Bryan Smith talk shop.

Native Californian Steve Bonsey took his first Twins victory at Calistoga, the young rider hailing from Salinas.

Smokin' Joe Kopp, raced a Harley-Davidson at Calistoga rather than his Latus Ducati.

Joe Kopp's night nearly ended with his failed XR750 at Calistoga.

Brad Baker took the checkers in the Pro Singles final.

Steve Bonsey took his first career Twins victory in front of his home crowd - the Californian hailing from Salinas.