Many Honda Dominator customs use the same template. Swap the fuel tank for something slimmer, trim the subframe and you’re halfway there. But there’s another way to go about it; lean into the Dominator’s adventure bike DNA to build a utilitarian scrambler.
That’s the path that the Hungarian workshop, Neuga, took with this 1994 Honda NX650 Dominator. Wrapped in muted finishes, and sporting an imposing stance, it has the look of a retro Baja 1000 race bike—albeit with an air of refinement.
“This build was an ‘in-house’ project, for one of our crew members,” says Neuga founder, Benedek Eszteri. “It took about six months from teardown to finish. The idea was to have a bike as trustworthy as it gets—and we couldn’t think of a better donor than a Dominator.”…