Honda Dominator
 

OK, who's got a Honda Dominator (or otherwise known as an NX650) ???

I have an '89, here in the US.

I know these things are well-known overseas...

IIRC, my Honda was manufactured in Italy.

What a long strange trip it's been, my bike would say ;)

art k.

I´m not much of a bike fan, but i´ve seen some of those around, but the R1 has a bigger reputation around here.

Excuse my ignorace, but an R1?

The Dominator is an Enduro...

hmm... I have seen one or two - know nothing about them though.... the 450cc class were more popular here.

I personally had a YZ250 for a while, but a BMW enduro does look very appealing (if expensive)

Have you found it to be a good bike?

I always liked 250's and 400's.

650 four strokes are a monster bike, and can get you in trouble instantly if you don't know the bike well.

My Honda NX 650 has been flawless since I bought it - I store it with the gas tank open to keep wet gas in the carb, and never had a problem with it.

And yes, 650's are monsters that you can get into trouble with ;) I had an '83 XL600 when I was 18, and crashed it twice. Then I flipped the 650 a few years ago too...

I re-geared it for more low-end (topped out around 85 or so on the highway stock) and it's a real stump-climber now.

Just adopted a nice 89 NX650, think it needs some
suspension upgrades/maintenance. Seems the engine
and exhaust combo are pretty good from the factory
though mufflers and jetting can add some hp.

-Jason

Nice find! Same year as mine...

The dual exhaust (one pipe for each exhaust valve) on a single cylinder is an interesting thing, and definitely, not a big restriction for exhaust....

My '83 XL600 had a y-pipe and one muffler, the size of the duals on the NX.

OBTW - for the sake of the "Vehicularly Correct" crowd out there:

"ENDURO" = "DUAL SPORT", for those who were not around when the BULLTACO, ELSINORE, or MAACO were the bike to have....
(250cc's of "Let's do that AGAIN!!!")

Oh wolf, I was waiting for someone to bring that up ;)

Think XR650, XR600, etc...

Shoot, man - not even mini-bikes are what they were back then. I could make a 3.5 horse do forty with a wore out sprocket, but the half-plastic bikes that they sell in parts stores will do a flat out 60+ with very little massaging at all...

Hmm, just to kick the old thread, after suspension and some upgrades :)
http://www.tiger-mtn.com/gallery2/ma...serialNumber=2

Lookin' good :-X22

Runs good too, hauled tail 10 days 4500 miles up and around the long way through Goose Bay / Happy Valley NL running a constant 75 on the dirt.

Sounds like a great trip... I think mine has a total of around 11K miles on it.

Can't say anything bad about the Honda 4-strokes...