All Seasons features new models and new venues for 2010
By Lisa Amstutz
March 4, 2010
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All Seasons Sports Center dates back to 1966, when current owner Tom Swisher and three business partners started selling Rupp motorcycles out of a small outbuilding and later a barn. All Seasons has come a long way since then, but its core values have never changed. We started with a simple business philosophy: Treat people fair. We continue to do that to this day, Swisher said.
We have over 40 years of experience in selling recreational vehicles, he noted. Swisher has been the sole owner of All Seasons since 1988, when the last of his business partners moved on to other ventures. All Seasons is still a family business and Swishers wife, sons and many friends have worked for the store over the years. They currently employ ten people. In 2000, All Seasons moved into its current facility, which contains a 9000-square-foot showroom. A second building, the West Wing, provides another 9000 square feet when needed.
All Seasons inventory has grown along with their showroom size. Motorcycles, scooters and ATVs in various styles and sizes fill the showroom. They carry six major brands of new vehicles--Honda, Yamaha,
Kawasaki, Suzuki, BMW and Moto Guzzi--along with a large selection of pre-owned bikes and ATVs. According to Sales Manager Steve Foote, All Seasons sells cruisers, touring bikes, sport bikes, scooters, motocross bikes and dual sport bikes. They also carry the Yamaha Rhino and Kawasaki Mule, two
side-by-side units.
All Seasons stocks parts for all of the brands they sell along with a full line of accessories such as helmets, goggles, jackets, grips, covers, and oil. They offer add-ons for ATVs like snowplows and gun boots. Even the kids will find something fun here, from youth-sized apparel to dirt bikes to ATVs. The All Seasons repair department services all of the brands they sell.
Customers will find a number of new products at All Seasons this year. In the showroom sits one of the newest and hottest models for 2010, the BMW S1000RR full-on sport bike with 193 horsepower, along with many other new 2010 models.
All Seasons has launched some new sales ventures in recent months as well and expects those to continue to grow this year. Weve started doing business on eBay, selling parts and accessories, and thats really taken off, said Parts Manager Ryan Ashley. Look for an eBay store coming soon.
In addition to the eBay sales, All Seasons expanded into the firearm business in June of 2009, selling guns and ammunition from most major manufacturers. Customers can browse a limited selection at the store or shop online at www.galleryofguns.com, which lists $28 million worth of guns that can be shipped next-day air anywhere in the country. In a 100-mile radius of here, we are the cheapest Gallery of Guns dealer, Swisher said. We do something that I dont know if anyone else is doing in the gun business. We offer a 14-day return policy on all new or used guns. The gun business has done unexpectedly well, Swisher said, even while the economy has slowed other sales.
All Seasons Sports Center offers financing through local lending institutions along with Factory Finance options. They are located at 2700 Akron Rd. in Wooster. For current specials and more information about All Seasons, visit their website at www.motorcyclesohio.com or call 330-264-7735.
