Introducing one Joel Mekolites, custom painter extraordinaire.
Joel is responsible for this fantastic American Flag paint job.
While not an original idea I think you will agree that Joel has done
incredible work on this bike. Click Read More... to see more
of the bike and to learn a bit about Joel. You may even want to contact
him to paint your own Road Star!
About Joel
My name is Joel Mekolites and I'm from lima, Ohio. Believe it or not I am a roofer by
trade. About 3 years ago I wanted a custom paint job on my bike, I did some
research and thought I found the right guy for the job. Well I was wrong. The
job was terrible and started falling off the sheet metal after a week.
I'm not
rich so I told my wife I was going to try it myself. This was about the time
that Motorcycle Mania 1 came out. I watched them laying out the flames on a
fender and decided to go for it. I must have painted my old bike 5 times before
getting it to where I was happy! I posted some pics on the
Road Star Riders Forum and the requests started to come in. Next
thing you know I'm painting for other people!
How He Does It
The American Flag scheme is my newest creation. I'd seen this idea on another Road
Star on the
Road Star Riders Forum and thought I would give it a shot. My sister's
whole house is done in a flag theme so I did a mailbox for her first as a test to see how I would go. She was very
happy with it and so was I and it took off from there. I have about 100 hours in this job. I do
each paint job like it is for my bike. I use the best products and cut no
corners. When all the paint work and clearing is done I sand it down with 2000
paper and buff it out to a mirror finish.
See Joel's Other Work
Joel has done many paintjobs for Road Star owners and each one is better than
the last. You can
contact Joel for a quote and he will discuss any ideas
you may have and make some suggestions. Joel also has a
photo site where you can see examples of his past work If you are in
Ohio for the motorcycle races in June 2005, Yamaha has asked Joel to bring his
bike to their booth and show it off. So stop in and see him and have a chat.
