Welcome to Kersting's Cycle Center & Museum Winamac, Indiana
"The little shop in the middle of nowhere, where wonderful folks come from everywhere!"
Kersting's Cycle Center sits between the tiny Indiana towns, North Judson and Winamac, about 110 miles due north of Indianapolis. "We're in the country, so it's us and horses, Harleys, and hogs," Jim says, adding that some of those horses and hogs have served as payment over the years. "I've taken them in trade before, everything anybody wanted to trade," he says.
Jim & Nella Kersting wed in 1960, and they began work on their dealerships new home. "We built it out of cement blocks, and it was 28 feet wide and 70 feet long," Jim says. "The first 30 feet on the west end was our living quarters." Jim and Nella's two eldest children, Sandy and Randy, were born during the seven years the Kersting's lived in that building. The youngest, Jason, was born after they moved into a little home in North Judson.