History

Moon Motorsports was started in the mid-1950s by Milo Moon, Sr. His main business, at that time, was selling and servicing Plymouth and DeSoto automobiles. But Milo's interests went beyond cars. His fondness for motorcycles found him making time to sell, service, and ride them. In the early 1960s, he took on the Honda line of motorcycles, and eventually shifted his business focus from cars to motorcycles, dropping the Plymouth and DeSoto lines altogether.  Milo had created a motorcycle dealership with a good following from scratch.  After some fun years, he ultimately decided that the time was right to let someone else have a go at it... 

Upon hearing the news, St. Cloud residents Denton and Marlys Erickson decided to take advantage of the opportunity to own their own business, so they packed up the family and moved to Monticello. In 1971 the Erickson's added Stihl chainsaws and Yamaha snowmobiles to their Honda business, then added John Deere products (including snowmobiles) in 1975.  In 1977 the store relocated to its Highway 25 location, and added BMW motorcycles.  In the 30 years that followed, changes to the line-up included adding Honda Power Equipment, Polaris ATVs and snowmobiles, Yamaha motorcycles and ATVs, and the dissolution of a 30 year relationship with John Deere in 2005.  

2007 marked the last year of operation in the Highway 25 location. In 2008, Moon Motorsports completed a design and build of an all new purpose-built Powersports dealership.  After a 1-year relationship with Aprilia motorcycles in 2008, the full line of Kawasaki powersports products was brought in to the mix to offer customers an un-matched selection.  After over 39 years, we, the Erickson family, continue to own and operate Moon Motorsports along with what we believe is the finest staff in the industry.  We operate on a "customer first" mentality that goes far beyond a simple mission statement, and you'll find it in everything we do here.  We invite you to come and experience the Moon Motorsports way of doing business... you won't be disappointed!