We have the largest inventory with the lowest prices guaranteed!! The Cernic’s Story!
1969: Ed Cernic Sr. established Cernic's Suzuki in a one room shop located in Johnstown PA with one full time employee. also worked at the shop part time after school and in 1970, began to motocross race. In 1972, Ed Sr. purchased what is now the Pleasure Valley Raceway in Armagh PA, as a practice course for hi
s sons Ed Jr., Craig and Jeff. Ed Sr. also sanctioned several races per year at the course until 1977.
1973: Ed Jr. joined the motorcycle shop full time. The business continued to grow, but suffered massive losses in the Johnstown Flood of 1977. Despite this setback, the Cernics rebuilt the shop at the same location.
1980:The business had outgrown it's building, so a new home for Cernic's Suzuki was built on property adjacent to the old shop. Jeff Cernic joined the staff full time and also became more active in motocross racing. In 1988, Jeff reopened Pleasure Valley Raceway and started to hold AMA sanctioned races at the course.
1991: the Cernics added Honda products to their expanding inventory. Also motocross racing became a focus for the Cernic's. They are proud to have sponsored numerous national champion riders throughout the nineties and beyond. Cernic's today is highly recognized for their presence in the motocross industry. They have helped more riders reach the professional ranks than any other motorcyclist company in the U.S.
2001: Cernic's was ready to expand with the addition of a new second location in Duncansville PA. This dealership carries both Suzuki and KTM in their inventory.
2005: Cernic's was on the move again with a new third location in the Somerset PA area. This location added Kawasaki to their lineup of fine vehicles.
2008: Yamaha and Kawasaki were added to the growing inventory at their Johnstown location. This now brings a total of five brands to the Cernic's dealerships. They've now truely become your one stop shopping experience for all your recreational needs!
2010/2011: The Cernic family embarked on a plan to purchase and enlarge the facility from which they could serve their customers. In August of 2010 they purchased a building and property in the eastern end of Cambria County called Geistown Boro. The 20,000 sq ft building was larger than the existing building, plus it allowed for the Offices of the dealership to be located on a second floor. After six months of total restoration they opened their new facility. The modern new open area concept allows customers more selection and more convenience in their shopping needs. It also positioned the dealership in the retail section of the area. By the opening of this facility it was decided that we could service not only the immediate area, but also the area served by the Somerset Store and it was decided to close the Somerset operations and locate the employees from that store to the new store. Now the Cernic Family has been in the motorcycle business over 40 years and with the new modern facility we will be more available to our walk in customers and to our online customers
2015/2016 after nearly 50 years of being in business The Cernic Family decided it was time to sell the business. Now they didn’t just sell it on the street they wanted to keep it a local family owned business so they sold the dealership to their acting General Manager Jason R Keller.
2015/2016 Jason takes over the business. Jason started working with the Cernics team back in early 2000’s and was hired as a General helper and cleaner. After being employed with Cernics for a few months he was then promoted to the shipping department where he spent a few months learning. He was then promoted to the parts dept where he spent several years learning that part of the business. After getting to know those departments he was then Promoted to the sales dept. Moving to the sales department was a whole new journey for him but after working in the sales dept for several months the unit sales started to rise. Within one year he was promoted to sales manager. After 3 years of growing the units sales substantially he was then promoted to general manager. He worked as general manager from 2011 until the time of purchasing the business in 2016. As the business continued to grow an opportunity was presented to Jason to purchase Can Am of Windber. This was something that we wanted to add to the dealership for years to better serve our customers. Jason made the deal with owner Timothy Tokarsky to purchase the business and bring it from Windber up the hill to our Belmont street cycle shop in Geistown/ Johnstown Pa 15904. We now started to offer Can am Spyder’s, Atv’s, side by sides, ski doo sleds, and sea doo watercrafts. These products are some of the best in the market today! This was a huge asset to the dealership along with the 2 employees that came with the can am franchise. Now for many years space has been an issue for us as we continue to grow monthly. With the purchase of Can Am we knew we would be growing majorly again and we were out of compliance and we needed space. Luckily Jason and former owner Ed Cernic Jr have a real estate company and they aquired a 25,000 sq ft building 3 mins up the street and we were able to get a lease to now open up a preowned store. As you know we carry almost 300 used units at a time so we love the new showroom! Check it out at 626 Galleria drive Johnstown Pa 15904. We also built a new service facility to better serve your needs in service as well. We now have much more space to better serve you our customers! We appreciate all the loyalty over the years and we look forward to serving you for many years to come! Stay tuned as we aren’t done growing yet! Thanks again and remember NOBODY BEATS A CERNICS DEAL!!!
