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Throttler Magazine talks to the paint artist that painted our Custom Built Motorcycle

March 2009 • Dec 22, 2020

Our Custom Built Bike Painter gets Interviewed

This bike that is featured on the cover of this issues of Throttler Magazine was built by us, Carlson Customs & Repair.  Located just minutes outside of Cedar Rapids. 

The Painter that painted the Bike that we Custom Built got interviewed by Throttler Magazine.  It was a great article explaining in depth how his business came about and where he is going with his custom paint for motorcycles.  He is a great artist to have paint your bike if you are in the Cedar Rapids area. 


It is so great to see our Custom Bike Building being featured in Throttler Magazine in March of 2009.
By Edward Arriaza / Photos By Don Kates/Shooters Images 23 Dec, 2020
encouraging aspiring grandmothers to help send their adult children on vacation, with the result being a grandchild in nine months. It's an easy to understand premise, and the TV commercials were hilarious. Put the couples in breeding ground, and then wait. But what does it have to do with motorcycles? Well, it turns out we have here a take on the idea that involves a custom build, and bests of all, there are no diapers to change. Jason Kidder grew up in a household obsessed with motorcycles. His dad had Panheads and his mom rode anything from an Aerial to Harleys, her last bike being a 55 Panhead. "My mom was a very big influence on me getting into motorcycles. She sometimes couldn't kick start her own bikes so I did it as a kid for her," Jason recalls. At the age of 14 he bought a 175 Enduro from one of his neighbors. The kickstart was broken so Jason had to pop-start it each time he wanted to ride. "I took it out to the trails with one of the neighbor girls and she broke her ankle the first time I took it out to the trails," Jason tells us. Jason has never worked on custom builds before. He was inspired to undertake such a project years back when his friend Ryan put 26" rims on a Sportster. It was the talk of the town and he wound up buying it from Ryan. "I fell in love with the style and wanted one of my own," he says, "So when my mom said she was interested in getting another bike, I thought that here was my chance to get my mom a motorcycle." Jason then spent the summer working on the build, his mother never suspecting what her son had in store for her. Come Christmas, Jason gave her an almost-complete motorcycle as a gift, which understandably produced a mixture anger and happiness in her. Just before beginning the process of building the bike, Jason knew where to take it: Carlson Customs in Atkins, Iowa. It was here
By May 2009 22 Dec, 2020
On the cover of of Throttler Magazine again. It's an awesome feeling to see your work featured in a magazine! But the best feeling is being able to create and bring to life what someone dreams up for their perfect ride.
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